Pile Commission, which was established in 1997 and continued its work during certain periods, has commenced its work once again with the facilitation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in order to ensure necessary coordination regarding the construction of Yiğitler-Pile road, as well as following up on issues related to Pile Village and its surroundings. [...]

Minister of Foreign Affairs Tahsin Ertuğruloğlu received military personnel from Azerbaijan, Djibouti, the Philippines, Kosovo, Qatar, Libya and Pakistan, who participated as observers in the Martyr Lieutenant Caner Gönyeli 2023 Search and Rescue Invitation Exercise jointly organised by Türkiye and the TRNC, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Minister informed the visiting military delegation [...]

TRNC Minister of Foreign Affairs Tahsin Ertuğruloğlu met with the first-year students of the International Relations Department of the Cyprus International University (CIU) at the TRNC Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Minister Ertuğruloğlu briefed the students who were accompanied by the Head of the Department Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sertaç Sonan, on the Cyprus issue, updated them [...]

Minister of Foreign Affairs Tahsin Ertuğruloğlu held a meeting with the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix at the UN Headquarters. The Yiğitler-Pile road and the status of the peacekeeping force on the island were discussed at the meeting. [...]

Minister of Foreign Affairs Tahsin Ertuğruloğlu paid an official visit to Azerbaijan on the occasion of the 27th Meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO) and held contacts in Baku. Within the framework of the visit, Ertuğruloğlu visited the TRNC Baku Representative Office and gave interviews to Bayraqdar Media and [...]

The Multilateral Political Consultations within the framework of the Organisation of Turkic States (OTS) were convened at the premises of the OTS Secretariat in İstanbul on October 4, 2023 upon the initiative of Türkiye. The Deputy Foreign Ministers and Representatives of Observers of the OTS Member States attended the consultation meetings chaired by the Secretary [...]

TRNC Minister of Foreign Affairs Tahsin Ertuğruloğlu met with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan in Ankara on 4 October 2023. Ertuğruloğlu and Fidan organized a joint press conference following their meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Türkiye. During the joint press conference, Minister Ertuğruloğlu said: “The Cyprus problem is a national [...]

TRNC Minister of Foreign Affairs Tahsin Ertuğruloğlu received the delegation of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Grand National Assembly of the Republic of Türkiye (GNAT) under the chairmanship of Fuat Oktay.   Metin Feyzioğlu, Ambassador of Türkiye to Lefkoşa, accompanied the delegation.   Stating that this consultation was very important following the contacts [...]

Minister of Foreign Affairs Tahsin Ertuğruloğlu, who continued his contacts in the capital Washington after New York within the scope of his visit to the USA, met with members of Congress at the US Congress. Informing his interlocutors about the latest developments in the Cyprus issue, Ertuğruloğlu emphasised the importance of the US administration treating [...]

Foreign Minister Tahsin Ertuğruloğlu met with the United Nations (UN) Deputy Secretary-General for Political Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo at the UN headquarters. During the meeting, Ertuğruloğlu provided information to DiCarlo about the Yiğitler-Pile road project and emphasized the determination of the Turkish Cypriot side to complete this humanitarian project. He stressed that the international community needed [...]