United Nations, Feb 4 (CNA) -- Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot students in the US gathered Monday near the UN building to press on with their demand for the reunification of Cyprus and the peaceful coexistence of the island's two communities.

''We want to express our support for the UN initiative to solve the problem and submit our demands to improve the UN peace plan,'' Turgut Durduran, a Turkish Cypriot teaching at a university in Philadelphia area and member of the newly-formed grassroots organisation Cyprus Action Network (CAN).

Greek Cypriot Christos Georgiou, studying at Columbia university, said that Monday's rally was a protest against the Turkish Cypriot leader Rauf Denktash who continues his divisive policies, claiming that Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots cannot live together.