EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE PARLIAMENTARY UNION OF THE OIC APPROVES DRAFT PROPOSAL ON INCREASED COOPERATION BETWEEN TRNC AND ISLAMIC COUNTRIES.
The Executive Committee of the Parliamentary Union of the Organization of the Islamic Conference has approved a draft proposal which envisages greater cooperation between Islamic countries and the Turkish Cypriot people in the fields of politics, economy, culture and sports with the aim of easing the international isolations.
The draft proposal will be forwarded to the 5th conference of the OIC Parliamentary Union for approval which is taking place in the Egyptian capital Cairo .
The Speaker of the Republic’s Assembly Fatma Ekenoglu and her delegation are representing the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus at the conference.
The draft proposal approved by the Executive Committee of the OIC’s Parliamentary Union is seen as an important step in efforts aimed at lifting the international isolation of the Turkish Cypriot people.
The draft proposal, presented earlier by the TRNC and Turkey underlines the need to exert efforts in order to achieve equal representation for the Turkish Cypriot People at international organizations, until a settlement is found to the Cyprus problem.
The draft proposal also emphasized that the Cyprus problem should be solved on a bi-zonal, bi-communal order based on the political equality of the two sides and under UN guidance.
During the Executive Committee’s session participants were called on to take initiatives aimed at promoting the Turkish Cypriot People’s equal representation at international institutions.
Previous proposals approved during the 4th conference of the OIC Parliamentary Union were also once again confirmed.
These included the representation of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus under the title of the ‘Turkish Cypriot State’ as well as the launching of an initiative towards the removal of the international isolation of the Turkish Cypriot people.
Ms Ekenoglu and her accompanying delegation will be returning to the Republic on the 1st of February.