Minister of Foreign Affairs Constantinos Kombos will brief his EU counterparts on the latest attempts of Turkey to upgrade the illegal breakaway entity in the occupied areas of Cyprus at the Organization of Turkic States.
According to an official press release, the Minister of Foreign Affairs departs Sunday to Brussels, where on Monday, November 18, 2024, he will participate in the Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union.
The Council will focus on the ongoing Russian aggression against Ukraine, the current developments in Georgia, EU-USA relations, the situation in the Middle East, as well as regional instability in the Horn of Africa.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs will also brief his counterparts on the recent developments in relation to the 11th Summit of Heads of State of the Organization of Turkic States and Turkey’s efforts to upgrade the pseudo-state.
Before the Council, Kombos will participate in the working breakfast of the EU Foreign Ministers with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Moldova Mihai Popșoi.
The Republic of Cyprus, an EU member state since 2004, is divided by Turkish troops since the Turkish invasion in the summer of 1974. Repeated rounds of UN-led peace talks have so far failed to yield results. The latest round of negotiations, in July 2017 at the Swiss resort of Crans-Montana ended inconclusively.
An illegal breakaway entity declared independence unilaterally, on November 15, 1983, in the areas under Turkish occupation, an action condemned by the UN Security Council and the international community as legally null and void. The illegal entity is recognised only by Turkey.
