Subject	Predicate	Object
bQtLjGQb	a	Resource
		Answer
		Written answer
	answer has question	HW9qT9KZ
	answer has answering person	Leo Docherty
	answer text	<p>While our bilateral military cooperation is strong, the Foreign Secretary has not recently discussed France's defence cooperation agreement with Cyprus with his French counterpart. In accordance with the rest of the international community, with the sole exception of Turkey, the UK does not recognise the self-declared "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus" as an independent state. The UK recognises the Republic of Cyprus as the sovereign authority of Cyprus and has no intention of discussing a potential defence agreement with the Turkish Cypriot administration.</p>
	answer given date	2023-11-17
	answer has answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	written answer has answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office	answering body has written answer	bQtLjGQb
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office	answering body has answer	bQtLjGQb
HW9qT9KZ	question has answer	bQtLjGQb
Leo Docherty	answering person has answer	bQtLjGQb