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The EU said that the participation of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in the informal summit of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) in Shusha was entirely within the framework of Hungary’s bilateral relations with the organization. This was pointed out by EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell in a statement.
Borrell recalled that on July 1, Hungary began to serve as the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union, which will last until December 31.
However, the EU’s chief diplomat stressed that this does not mean the responsibility of the EU’s external representation, which is the responsibility of the President of the European Council at the level of head of state or government and the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy at ministerial level.
“Hungary has not received any mandate from the EU Council to promote relations with the Organization of Turkic States,” Borrell said.
He also added that the EU rejected the UTC’s attempt to legitimize the status of the Turkish Cypriot separatist entity (the so-called, internationally unrecognized “Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus”) as an observer of the organization.
“This decision, which is subject to approval by the organization’s members, is regrettable and contradicts the fact that some members of the UTC have expressed strong support for the principle of territorial integrity and the UN Charter,” Borrell said.
He concluded by stating that the EU has repeatedly made it clear, including at the highest political level, that it only recognizes the Republic of Cyprus as a subject of international law in accordance with the relevant UN Security Council resolutions.
Hungary has been an observer of the Organization of Turkic-Speaking States since 2018, which was founded in 2009 and unites Turkic-speaking countries.
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