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In a major setback for Turkey, three Central Asian republics and members of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS), Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, have come out in support of Cyprus’s sovereignty, effectively ending Ankara’s efforts to use the OTS as a vehicle for recognition of the occupied north Cyprus.
In a joint declaration following the European Union-Central Asia summit in Samarkand on April 4, the three Central Asian nations explicitly endorsed UN Security Council resolutions 541 (1983) and 550 (1984), which condemn Turkey’s unilateral declaration of the so-called “Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus” (TRNC) in 1983 and call on the UN members not to recognize it.
The declaration states: “We reaffirmed our strong commitment to the relevant UNSC Resolution 541(1983) and 550 (1984). We emphasized that engagement in regional cooperation frameworks should fully respect these international principles, which remain essential to the enhancement of EU-Central Asia relations.”