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The new Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu will pay his first official foreign visit to the TRNC.

The Minister will arrive in the TRNC tomorrow for a one day visit.
Soon after his arrival, Mr Davutoğlu will be received by President Mehmet Ali Talat.

Later, a working lunch will be given at the Presidential Palace in honor of Mr Davutoğlu and his accompanying delegation.

The Minister will also be received by Prime Minister Derviş Eroğlu before holding discussions with Foreign Minister Hüseyin Özgürgün.
Before leaving the Republic, he will also meet with the Commander of the Turkish Peace Forces in Cyprus Lieutenant General Hilmi Akın Zorlu.

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The new Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu will pay his first official foreign visit to the TRNC.

The Minister will arrive in the TRNC tomorrow for a one day visit.
Soon after his arrival, Mr Davutoğlu will be received by "President" Mehmet Ali Talat.


Later, a working lunch will be given at the "Presidential Palace" in honor of Mr Davutoğlu and his accompanying delegation.

The Minister will also be received by "Prime Minister" Derviş Eroğlu before holding discussions with "Foreign Minister" Hüseyin Özgürgün.
Before leaving the Republic, he will also meet with the Commander of the Turkish Peace Forces in Cyprus Lieutenant General Hilmi Akın Zorlu.

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PRESIDENT TALAT RECEIVES TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTER AHMET DAVUTOGLU

The new Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu – who arrived in the Republic this morning - was received by President Mehmet Ali Talat today.

The Cyprus issue was high on the agenda of the discussions between President Talat and Mr. Davutoglu who in on his first official foreign visit since becoming Foreign Minister.

Later, talks were held between the delegations of the two countries.
The talks continued at a working lunch given in honor of the visiting Turkish Foreign Minister and his accompanying delegation at the Presidential Palace.

Speaking at a joint press conference at the end of the meeting President Mehmet Ali Talat said that he had had a very useful meeting with the new Turkish Foreign Minister and added that ‘this is Mr. Davutoglu’s first official visit, and choosing the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus as his first stop is evidence of Turkey’s immense support to the country.’

Referring to the Cyprus negotiations process, the President said although the Turkish Cypriot people have shown the necessary flexibility during the talks, we will never give up on our sine-qua-nons.

‘The solution of the Cyprus problem is not only important for Cypriots but for Turkey and Greece and peace in the Middle East region’, said President Talat.

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu for his part evaluated his visit to the Republic in 3 main points.

‘one element of my visit is to show that Turkey always supports the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus’, said Davutoglu.

Noting that the Republic had just recently gone through democratic elections, the Turkish Foreign Minister said ‘the second reason for my visit is to exchange views with the new government’.

‘The third reason for my visit is to show President Talat my support to the ongoing negotiations process in Cyprus’, he added.

Mr. Davutoglu also pointed to the importance of national unity while trying to facilitate a solution to the Cyprus problem that would protect the rights of the Turkish Cypriot people.

Mr. Davutoglu started his contacts in the Republic with a visit to the Dr. Fazil Kucuk’s Tomb in Anittepe on the outskirts of Lefkosa.
The Minister laid a wreath at the Tomb and signed the special book.
He also visited the Turkish Embassy in Lefkosa.

Ahmet Davutoglu became Foreign Minister in a cabinet reshuffle announced by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan last week.

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The Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu was received by Prime Minister Dervis Eroglu today.
Speaking during the visit the Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu referred to the ongoing Cyprus negotiations and said Turkey’s aim was to bring peace not only to the Turkish Cypriot people but the Mediterranean and the world.

‘our aim during the negotiations process is very clear. As our aim during the 2004 Annan Plan, we support a solution that will safeguard the Turkish Cypriot peoples and Turkey’s strategy.
Noting that all of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus’s establishments were working with full democracy, Mr. Davutoglu congratulated the new government on its success.

He also expressed the belief that the Turkish Cypriot peoples’ future will improve and will continue to live in peace and prosperity.

For his part Prime Minister Dervis Eroglu noted that Turkey too had a cabinet reshuffle and expressed the hope that these changes will benefit the country.

Noting that all the establishments of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus were working with democracy under the roof of the state, Mr. Eroglu said they were working hard to form the new government.
He also expressed the National Unity Party’s and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus’s desire to develop cooperation between Turkey and the TRNC.

Referring to the Cyprus negotiations process, Mr. Eroglu underlined the fact that the Turkish Cypriot people want to live in a land they feel secure in and added that although there are economic problems, these problems were not permanent.

‘What is permanent is the land that our forefathers left for us’, he said.
Mr. Eroglu also expressed his joy at the statement made by Mr. Davutoglu on arrival, ‘we are together and we will always be together’.