FM Davutoglu meets TRNC's Ozgurgun

Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu yesterday met with his Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) counterpart Huseyin Ozgurgun in Ankara. During the gathering, Davutoglu reiterated Turkey's support to the TRNC and underlined the importance of intensifying the negotiation process and efforts to find a comprehensive solution to the Cyprus problem. Davutoglu criticized the relation of Turkey's European Union membership to the recognition of the Greek Cypriot administration, saying that the EU doesn't keep its promises. For his part, Ozgurgun said that “motherland” Turkey's guarantorship is a “sine qua non,” for Turkish Cypriots.