TRNC-Azerbaijan relations
Date Added: 10 August 2023

The Azerbaijan-Türkiye Businessmen’s Association (ATIB) is holding a variety of contacts in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC).

While receiving the delegation, President Ersin Tatar pointed to the importance of strengthening the bond between the TRNC and Azerbaijan.

“In order for the TRNC to develop further, Azerbaijan needs to show more support” Tatar said.

President Ersin Tatar on Wednesday received the head of the Azerbaijan-Türkiye Businessmen’s Association Cemal Yangın and his accompanying delegation.

Speaking during the visit President Tatar pointed out that Azerbaijan had played an important role in the TRNC becoming an observer member to the Organization of Turkic States, and added that the bond between the two countries were national, sacred and valuable.

Noting that the Turkish Cypriots are part of the same nation as Azerbaijanis, President Tatar emphasized that the relations between the two peoples needed to be improved.

He went on to say that Azerbaijan should provide more support for the TRNC in order to become stronger, stating that the TRNC, the southernmost Turkish state, occupies a very important geostrategic and political position in the “Blue Homeland”.

Stating that Azerbaijani businessmen could make investments in the TRNC, President Tatar said, “Commercial and economic cooperation can be made. Mutual ties and agreements can be developed.”

Also speaking, the head of the Azerbaijan-Türkiye Businessmen’s Association Cemal Yangın stated that they were to the TRNC for negotiations and expressed his pleasure at the warm welcome they have received.