Türkiye, Northern Cyprus Continue With Joint Military Exercise
Date
10/25/2023 3:16:59 PM
(MENAFN- AzerNews) Türkiye and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) on
Wednesday continued joint exercises in Northern Cyprus, Azernews reports, citing Anadolu Agency.
The naval part of the Martyr Ensign Caner Gonyeli-2023 Search
and Rescue Invitation Exercise started with the participation of
civilian and military elements.
The two-day drill started on Tuesday with the land phase.
The aim of the exercise is to protect the rights and interests
of Türkiye and the TRNC in the Search and Rescue (SAR) area in the
Eastern Mediterranean.
It also aims to assist in the official registration and
strengthening of the sovereignty of the TRNC, and to draw public
attention to the value that is given to search and rescue
activities and to SAR region boundaries.
Thirteen military representatives from six countries –
Azerbaijan, Djibouti, Kosovo, Qatar, Libya, and Pakistan – are
attending the naval phase of the exercise as observers.
The sea phase of the exercise will end after the search and
rescue activity, which will be carried out within the scope of a
generic scenario, outside the territorial waters of the TRNC and in
the Turkish Search and Rescue Region, off the coast of
Famagusta.
Cyprus has been mired in a decades-long dispute between Turkish
Cypriots and Greek Cypriots despite a series of diplomatic efforts
by the UN to achieve a comprehensive settlement.
Türkiye fully supports a two-state solution on the island based
on sovereign equality and equal international status between its
two states.
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