Statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the TRNC regarding the visit of Mr. Tiny Kox, the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe to the island of Cyprus
7 July, 2023Foreign Minister Ertuğruloğlu receives TİSAV delegation
11 July, 2023President Ersin Tatar stated that the call by UK Parliamentarian, former minister and Conservative Party leader Iain Duncan Smith for direct flights to be initiated between the TRNC and the UK is a manifestation of rational politics from a human rights perspective that is far from dogmatic obsessions.
President Tatar evaluated British MP Smith’s call for direct flights from the UK to the TRNC.
According to the statement issued by the TRNC Presidency, President Tatar said:
“Direct flights will not only go beyond facilitating hundreds of thousands of Turkish Cypriots and British nationals who live in the TRNC and the UK, who are demanding to travel directly between the two countries but this understanding will also facilitate the enhancement of historical, social, cultural and economic relations between the two countries, and it will also address the fundamental human rights issue.
As one of the guarantor powers, the UK has important obligations and must fulfil these obligations with an objective understanding.
The new terminal building of Ercan Airport, which is contemplated to be in service soon, will comply with international civil aviation requirements and satisfy all standards, thus also making our airport technically better prepared for direct flights.”