“The fourth annual Turkish Cypriots Day” was celebrated in the US. Senior legislative staff of over 40 members of Congress attended the ceremony. Congressman Pete Sessions of Texas provided Rayburn House of Representatives building as the venue for Turkish Cypriots. İsmet Korukoğlu, Washington DC Representative of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus met with over [...]

The budget of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was discussed yesterday at the General Council of the Assembly. The budget of the Ministry, a total of 41million 140 thousand 800TL was approved unanimously. In her speech at the Assembly, Foreign Minister Çolak expressed that their first priority target is to support the negotiation process. Stressing [...]

Emphasizing that the negotiations in order to reach a settlement on the Cyprus issue recently gained momentum and depth and a significant external support came into question, Foreign Minister Emine Çolak said: “Consequently, it is as if the time has come” Indicating that although there are question marks, Çolak said they have not seen such [...]

Foreign Minister Emine Çolak is continuing her contacts in Brussels. Foreign Minister Çolak, within the framework of today’s contacts, held meetings with Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, Vice-Chair of the Group of the European People’s Party (Christian Democrats) and Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee at the European Parliament (EP). At the nearly hour-long meeting, Minister Çolak conveyed [...]

Foreign Minister Çolak conveyed information regarding the negotiation process and expressed confidence that there is a clear expression of goodwill on both sides, adding that this constitutes a great chance to finally reach a mutually acceptable and lasting solution to the Cyprus problem on the basis of the Joint Declaration of 11 February 2014. Çolak [...]

The Minister of Foreign Affairs Emine Çolak gave a speech at the 6th. Boğaziçi Summit organized in İstanbul by the International Cooperation Platform under the title of ‘Eradicating poverty, Increasing Prosperity at the Grassroots Level and Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)’. The full text of Colak’s speech is as follows: “I thank the platform for this [...]

Foreign Minister Emine Çolak made a statement regarding the decision of the United States to lift the arms embargo on South Cyprus. Minister of Foreign Affairs Emine Çolak made evaluations to the BRT Channel and she said that she had requested more detailed information on the subject from the US authorities. Çolak said “We have [...]

Foreign Minister of Turkey Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu paid a visit to Foreign Minister Emine Çolak. Çavuşoğlu examined “TRNC Ministry of Foreign Affairs Information and e-archive Infrastructure Project” at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs which is being conducted with the cooperation of the two Foreign Ministries. Speaking first at the meeting, Foreign Minister Emine Çolak expressed her [...]

The Republican Assembly Economy, Finance, Budget and Planning Committee unanimously approved the 41 million 140 thousand 800TL Foreign Ministry budget. In her speech at the committee, Foreign Minister Emine Çolak stated that while they are ideally performing their duties specified by laws, their main goal is to support the re-started negotiation process. Stating that the [...]

In an interview to Reuters within the framework of her London contacts Foreign Minister Çolak said that, Cyprus is closer than ever to ending its four-decade-old partition and the two sides could agree on the text of a deal by May, followed by a referendum. “We are cautiously optimistic. We think we are closer than [...]