Top Turkish Cypriot diplomat due in Turkey on first visit
ANKARA-Anadolu Agency
Turkish Cyprus’ top diplomat will pay his first official visit to Turkey on Jan. 11, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said Jan 10.
Tahsin Ertuğruloğlu, foreign minister of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), is paying the visit at the invitation of his Turkish counterpart Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, said a ministry statement.
The two are expected to discuss bilateral relations and exchange views on the Cyprus issue as well as regional developments.
The island of Cyprus has been divided since 1974, when a Greek Cypriot coup was followed by violence against the island's Turks and Ankara's intervention as a guarantor power.
It has seen an on-and-off peace process in recent years, including a failed 2017 initiative in Switzerland under the auspices of guarantor countries Turkey, Greece, and the UK.
The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus was founded in 1983.
