Cyprus Mail31 Jul 2026

Turkish Cypriot ‘FM’ rejects EU envoy

Turkish Cypriot ‘foreign minister’ Tahsin Ertugruloglu on Friday sharply criticised President Nikos Christodoulides’ meeting with newly appointed EU envoy for the Cyprus problem Raffaele Fitto.

Referring to what he described as the EU’s “insistence on intervening” in the Cyprus problem, Ertugruloglu condemned Fitto’s appointment, saying it had been made without the consent of the Turkish Cypriot side....

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