Minister of Foreign Affairs Özdil Nami referring to the new Greek Cypriot scenarios which envisaged giving political rights to Turkish Cypriots in exchange of territory, stressed that Turkish Cypriots already had vested political rights, thus these rights could not be matter of negotiation. Speaking to Cyprus Turkish News Agency (TAK) on Friday (20 September) about [...]

Minister of Foreign Affairs Özdil Nami will go to New York with President Derviş Eroğlu and his accompanying delegation in order to attend the 68th Session of the UN General Assembly. The delegation will leave the TRNC on Sunday (22 September). President Eroğlu and Foreign Minister Nami will hold contacts with officials from the UN, from [...]

Turkish Cypriot Evkaf Administration signed a protocol  with United Nations Development Programme-Partnership for the Future (UNDP-PFF) for the restoration of the Apostolos Andreas Monastery The restoration project which costs 5 million Euros will be realized under the supervision of UNDP-PFF, according to the study carried out by Greece University of Patras and under the rules [...]

Minister of Foreign Affairs Özdil Nami received British Conservative Party MP of House of Commons Christopher Mark Field, yesterday (16 September). No statement was made following the meeting. [...]

Minister of Foreign Affairs Özdil Nami met with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu on Saturday (14 September 2013) in İstanbul. Speaking before the meeting, which took place at Hilton Hotel, Turkish Foreign Minister Davutoğlu stated that Turkey would always and under every circumstances be by the side of Turkish Cypriots as well as the Turkish [...]

Foreign Minister Özdil Nami received the Executive Committee of the Near East Institute which was established within the scope of the Near East University. According to the statement of the Near East University, Institute Manager Assistant Prof. Dr. Umut Koldaş, Deputy Managers Assistant Prof. Dr. Nur Köprülü and Academician Erhan Ayaz visited the Foreign Minister [...]

Minister of Foreign Affairs Özdil Nami underlined that the basis for a federal solution in Cyprus was clearly expressed in the related UN Security Council resolutions and that it could not be shifted out of the framework drawn by the Annan plan. Foreign Minister Nami received a delegation from the Cyprus Turkish Chamber of Commerce [...]

Minister of Foreign Affairs Özdil Nami received the USA Ambassador to Lefkoşa John Koenig on Friday 29.11.2013. No statement was made following the meeting held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. [...]