Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Kudret Özersay made a statement regarding the vessel Barbaros’ starting to conduct seismic survey on the sites declared by the TRNC in the south of Cyprus. Özersay said: “We are now doing what we have said before. We have now reached the stage of drilling, thus we [...]

Within the framework of his contacts in Washington, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Kudret Özersay made a presentation at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) which is one of the most prestigious think tank organizations guiding the US foreign policy. In his speech at the Centre for International and Strategic [...]

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Kudret Özersay said that the UN peacekeeping mission is no longer needed in Cyprus and that it should be turned into a civilian mission. In an interview with Anadolu Agency, Kudret Ozersay, who held meetings with UN officials and diplomats in the U.S., said the military mission [...]

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Kudret Özersay made a speech at the Atlantic Council, which is one of the leading institutions on security and natural richness, within the framework of his contacts in the US capital, Washington. Özersay evaluated the issues of the future of the Cyprus problem and natural gas resources [...]

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Kudret Özersay said that they are opposed to the status quo, that is to say likewise continuation of the UN Peacekeepin Forces in Cyprus therefore they will continue their diplomatic initiatives in this direction with determination. On the second day of his New York contacts, Özersay met [...]

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Kudret Özersay is holding contacts at the UN Headquarters in New York. Within the framework of his New York contacts, Özersay met with Under-Secretary-General for UN Peacekeeping Operations Jean Pierre Lacroix. Undersecretary of the Deputy Prime Ministry and Ministry of Foreign Affairs Güneş Onar, TRNC Representative to [...]

Evaluating the UN Secretary General’s Temporary Consultant on Cyprus Jane Holl Lute’s recent contacts in Cyprus, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Kudret Özersay said: “it is not a proper approach for the Temporary UN Envoy to start preparing a document called reference paper when there is no common vision between the sides [...]

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Kudret Özersay received a delegation of the Eastern Mediterranean University Board of Trustees under the Presidency of Boysan Boyra on 24 December 2018. Özersay received up-to-date information about the academic, administrative and financial status of the University at the meeting which was held at the Ministry. In [...]

‘Turkish Youth Association UK’ was established in October 2018 with the participation of young people who were born and are living in the UK and who are currently studying in the UK. At the reception where the President Nafiya Horozoğlu and three members were present, Minister Özersay was given information about the establishment, contacts and [...]

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Kudret Özersay met with the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative and Head of Mission in Cyprus Elizabeth Spehar. The recent contacts of the UN Secretary-General’s temporary envoy Jane Holl Lute, exchanging views on the activities of the UNFICYP and in this context, the periodical report which will be [...]