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Cyprus: Elections

Asked by Andrew RosindellReform UKForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled Answered 23 June 2025UIN 59298

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department plans to send election monitors to monitor the presidential election in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus in October 2025.

Answered by Stephen Doughty

In line with the rest of the international community except Turkey, the UK does not recognise the so-called "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus".

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has no plans to send election monitors to monitor the "election" taking place in the so-called "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus" in October 2025.

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