07/11/24 (Agence Europe) – On Thursday 7 November, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, rejected the “repeated attempts” by the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) to legitimise “the Turkish Cypriot secessionist entity, the so-called, internationally not recognised, ‘Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus’ (‘TRNC’)”, through granting it observer status, including at its summit held on Wednesday 6 November in Bishkek. “These attempts are regrettable and contradict the strong support of several members of the Organisation to the principle of territorial integrity enshrined in the UN Charter”, warned the High Representative in a press release (see EUROPE 13448/12). Mr Borrell pointed out that the EU only recognised the Republic of Cyprus as a “subject of international law”, in accordance with the respective UN Security Council resolutions. (CG)