Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 64360

Cyprus: Overseas Trade

Tabled: 1 July 2025
Answered: 4 July 2025
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Question

Nesil Caliskan

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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of lifting the trade embargo on the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.

Answer

Stephen Doughty
In accordance with the rest of the international community, with the sole exception of Turkey, the UK does not recognise the self-declared 'Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus' as an independent state. Several UN Security Council Resolutions, other multil...

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