The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus was among the many first international locations to ship rescue groups and reduction provides after the devastating quakes.
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has hosted Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus’s (TRNC) President Ersin Tatar for talks in Istanbul.
TRNC’s Prime Minister Unal Ustel additionally attended the closed-door assembly on the Vahdettin Mansion on Saturday, based on Türkiye’s Communications Directorate.
No additional particulars have been launched in regards to the assembly, which comes as Türkiye offers with the aftermath of the Feburary 6 earthquakes which have claimed greater than 44,210 lives within the nation’s southern areas.
TRNC was among the many first international locations to ship rescue groups and reduction provides after the devastating quakes.
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Cyprus dispute
Prior to the earthquake, Türkiye urged the UN Security Council and the worldwide group to recognise the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and the equal worldwide standing of Turkish Cypriots.
The island of Cyprus has been mired in a decades-long dispute between Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots, regardless of a collection of diplomatic efforts by the UN to realize a complete settlement.
Ethnic assaults beginning within the early Sixties pressured Turkish Cypriots to withdraw into enclaves for his or her security.
In 1974, a Greek Cypriot coup aimed toward Greece’s annexation of the island led to Türkiye’s army intervention as a guarantor energy to guard Turkish Cypriots from persecution and violence. As a end result, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus was based in 1983.
It has seen an on-and-off peace course of lately, together with a failed 2017 initiative in Switzerland below the auspices of guarantor international locations – Türkiye, Greece and the UK.
The Greek Cypriot administration was admitted to the EU in 2004, the identical 12 months when Greek Cypriots thwarted a UN plan to finish the longstanding dispute.
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Source: AA
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