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<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>
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