Erdoğan: “TRNC is an inseparable part of the Turkic World”

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made remarks to the press aboard his return flight from Budapest, where he attended the informal summit of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS).

President Erdoğan emphasized that the summit’s declaration highlighted the need for solidarity in securing the natural equal rights of the Turkish Cypriots as well as the necessity of reaching a solution based on the existing realities on the island.

He further noted that in addition to the Budapest Declaration, they adopted three documents as leaders, and the foreign ministers reached consensus on four documents.

 “In this framework, Erdoğan stated, “ We agreed on statements that welcome the contributions of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus to our work as an inseparable part of the Turkic World; that express solidarity in guaranteeing the natural equal rights of the Turkish Cypriots and stress the need to reach a solution based on the current realities on the island; that affirm the importance of preventing any attempt aimed at harming the unity among Turkic states; and that reiterate member states’ commitment to the integrity, institutional structure, and decision-making capacity of the Organization of Turkic States”.