President Ersin Tatar has met with Ambassador Kubanychbek Omuraliev,\u00a0Secretary General of the Organisation of Turkic States (OTS).<\/p>\n
According to the statement from the Presidency, during the meeting that was held at the TRNC Representative Office, President Tatar stated that he and his official delegation are visiting New York for the 79th session of the UN General Assembly, and are holding contacts to \u201cshow the existence of the Turkish Cypriot People\u201d.<\/p>\n
President Tatar said: \u201cPresident Erdo\u011fan also made a fresh call to the world to end the unjust isolation on the Turkish Cypriot People, and referred to our legal rights and interests in the eastern Mediterranean. There is a need for our State to be formally accepted and recognised. T\u00fcrkiye is a guarantor country located just 40 miles from the Island of Cyprus and has the longest coastline in the eastern Mediterranean. Her views are therefore important. There are indeed two separate States and two separate Peoples in the Island of Cyprus.\u00a0 A settlement in Cyprus cannot be found without T\u00fcrkiye. As we are continuing to reiterate, if there is going to be a just, realistic and sustainable\u00a0settlement to the Cyprus issue, this has to be on the basis of two States.\u201d<\/p>\n
President Tatar continued:<\/p>\n
\u201cThe TRNC has its border, is a sovereign democratic State with its own Presidency, Parliament and Judiciary.\u00a0 Our State has its own police force, security forces, institutions and state organs. The Turkish Cypriots are a People that have a separate language, culture and religion.\u00a0 Our State exists and is a reality. We are therefore asking the international community and OTS to help the Turkish Cypriot People, to end the injustice our People are facing, and the recognition of our State. As you are aware, the TRNC was accepted as an observer member to the OTS unanimously at the Summit in Uzbekistan in 2022.\u00a0 I once again with to thank President Erdo\u011fan for his arduous efforts in making this happen, and also to all the Turkic States, for giving their consent to our observer membership, with our constitutional name,\u201d President Tatar said.\u201d<\/p>\n
The meeting was also attended by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Tahsin Ertu\u011frulo\u011flu, TRNC New York Representative Mehmet Dana, President’s Special Representative G\u00fcne\u015f Onar, Advisor on Legal Affairs S\u00fclen Karabacak, and Confidence Building Measures and Bilateral Technical Committees Coordinator Seniha Birand \u00c7\u0131nar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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