A working group for Azerbaijan-TRNC Inter-Parliamentary Relations has been established in the Ordinary General Assembly Meeting of the Milli Majlis of the Republic of Azerbaijan held on April 5. The decision was welcomed in Azerbaijan as well as in Türkiye and the TRNC.

TRNC President Ersin Tatar expressed his gratitude by calling Azerbaijan President İlham Aliyev, while Vice President of the Republic of Türkiye, Cevdet Yılmaz, emphasized that Türkiye, Azerbaijan and the TRNC are “three states, one nation.”

In his statement to AA Correspondent, The Chairman of the Azerbaijan-TRNC Parliamentary Relations Working Group, Javanshir Feyziyev said: “This is a crucial and long awaited decision”

Feyziyev further said: “This is a historic step toward the diplomatic recognition process of the TRNC. We started this step though parliamentary diplomacy”. I am confident that this situation will later be reflected in inter-state relations and create relationships regulated by international law between our states.”

Emphasizing the significant responsibility of the task at hand, Feyziyev noted: “We are aware of our responsibility and will work accordingly. The relations between Azerbaijan and the TRNC will be an example for other Turkic states, and we expect similar steps to be taken in the Turkic republics of Central Asia.”