Islamabad, 20 December 2021 (TDI): International community should take serious actions on the Cyprus problem. There should be a just resolution of the Cyprus problem with a clear understanding of the realities about the entire issue.
Furthermore, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is grateful to Pakistan for its outstanding support for supporting the real issue. These were the remarks by the visiting Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Foreign Minister Tahsin Ertugruloğlu while speaking to a Press Conference at the TRNC Representative Office here in Islamabad today.
Foreign Minister Tahshin is in Islamabad to attend the OIC Extraordinary Session on Afghanistan. He highlighted that OIC has passed several resolutions to urge the international community to resolve Cyprus’ issue. However, so far these efforts have proved to be futile.
Foreign Minister said that TRNC is grateful to Pakistan for its support of the Cyprus issue. He further stated that the rest of the Muslim world has yet to pay due attention to the difficulties and challenges of the Turkish Cypriots.
While speaking and highlighting the Cyprus conflict, Foreign Minister shared the TRNC’s new approach toward the Cyprus issue. He said that the international community has made the entire diagnosis wrong about the Cyprus conflict.
There is a strong need to fully understand the realities and then move ahead with better and balanced action. Cyprus has two states; the Greek Cyprus and Turkish Cyprus. This is how this should be considered as a state now.
He further added that unless and until Turkish Cypriots will not be considered as the equal party to this entire conflict, all the resolutions or any analysis will stand unacceptable.
International Community, United Nations, OIC, and other important international organizations should take the required action, especially keeping in view the sensitivity of the matters.
TRNC at the OIC Summit of Foreign Ministers
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Tahsin Ertugruloğlu arrived here in Islamabad for the Extraordinary Meeting of Foreign Ministers of Islamic Cooperation Organization on Afghanistan. The OIC Summit was held today in Islamabad, Pakistan.
At the pre-noon session of the meeting which started with the inaugural speech of Pakistan’s Foreign Minister, Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi, OIC Secretary-General, Hissein Brahim Taha, and the Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia, Prince Faisal Bin Farhan Al-Saud.
Dışişleri Bakanı Tahsin Ertuğruloğlu, Pakistan’ın başkenti İslamabad’da bugün düzenlenen İslam İşbirliği Teşkilatı’nın (İİT) Afganistan konulu Dışişleri Bakanları Olağanüstü Toplantısına katıldı.https://t.co/FPdU1hnGsG pic.twitter.com/tYVw05Lakb
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On behalf of the Asia Group, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, Mevlut Çavuşoğlu, and Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan addressed the Summit. After the lunch hosted by Foreign Minister Qureshi in honor of guest Foreign Ministers, the meeting was moved to the afternoon session.
Foreign Minister Tahsin Ertuğruloğlu said that urgent support is needed by the international community in general, and by the OIC, in particular, noting that the biggest humanitarian crisis has taken place in Afghanistan, recently.
In addition, Foreign Minister Ertuğruloğlu emphasized that the international community should extend a helping hand to the people of Afghanistan as well as the people of Palestine, stating that a two-state solution to the Palestine problem will bring peace and stability to the Middle East.
The Foreign Minister also had the opportunity to meet with the Secretary-General of OIC, the Foreign Ministers of Azerbaijan, Sierra Leone, as well as Gabon.
