U.S. Citizens Can Go To Turkish Republic Of Northern Cyprus With Tourist Passport
Anadolu Agency (AA)
June 09, 2004
NEW YORK - The United States continues its initiatives for lifting of isolation of Turkish Cypriots.
After it has recently increased the visa to two years for Turkish Cypriots, the United States said on Tuesday that U.S. citizens wherever they live can ''directly'' go to the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) with ''tourist passport''.
In addition to initiatives of the United States, U.S. State Department Special Coordinator for Cyprus Thomas Weston visited TRNC's Representative in New York Resat Caglar in his office on Wednesday.
Prior to the meeting, Weston told the A.A correspondent that they supported UN Secretary General Kofi Annan's call for lifting unnecessary restrictions against Turkish Cypriots, and Washington adopted a proper stance. Noting that they had been exerting efforts to have other UN Security Council member nations adopt similar stance, Weston said that Washington had been exerting efforts at several international organizations to this end.
Stressing that opposition of Greek Cypriots to lifting of isolation of Turkish Cypriots contradicted Security Council resolutions, Weston added that it was clear that lifting of restrictions would be beneficial also to Greek Cypriots.
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