Britain does not recognise Turkish Cypriot entity

British policy on the non-recognition of the so-called ”Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus” is unchanged, British Minister for Eupope Jim Murphy has stressed, underlining that ”we do not and will not recognise a separate entity in the Northern part of Cyprus.”

Murphy who was answering, during a webchat on the British Prime Minister’s website, to a question about the Strategic Partnership Agreement signed between Turkey and Britain noted that nothing in the document reflects ”any attempt to upgrade the status of the North or promote partition.”

”Our policy on the non-recognition of the so-called ‘Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus’ is unchanged. We do not and will not recognise a separate entity in the Northern part of Cyprus. Nor does anything in the document reflect any attempt to upgrade the status of the North or promote partition. I hope that reassures you,” the British Minister said.