Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Kudret Özersay is continuing his contacts in New York.

Özersay first met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the United Nations building yesterday.

Afterwards, he met with the Turkish National Defence Minister Hulusi Akar and then completed his bilateral meetings with the Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Mammadyarov.

Özersay, who also met with the UK Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Jonathan Allen, also attended the meeting of the Economic Cooperation Organization, in which the TRNC is an observer member under the name of the Turkish Cypriot State, where he gave a speech.