Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 26461

Cyprus: Recognition of States

Tabled: 27 January 2025
Answered: 4 February 2025

Question

Sammy Wilson

Democratic Unionist PartyEast Antrim

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has reviewed policy on recognition of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus since 2020.

Answer

Stephen Doughty
The UK's long-standing position is not to recognise the so-called "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus" as an independent state. This is in accordance with several UN Security Council Resolutions and in line with the rest of the international co...

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