Cyprus Mail 20 September 2022 - byStaff Reporter
The government of the Russian Federation has given its approval to direct flights from Russia to Ercan airport in the occupied north, reported Turkey’s Milliyet newspaper, quoting diplomatic sources.
The first flight, according to the report will take place on November 15, the anniversary of the unilateral declaration of independence and the day the new airport will be inaugurated.
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erogan will be on the first flight, reported Milliyet, which saw the development as a diplomatic victory for the ‘TRNC’ and Turkey, claiming this would pave the way for the recognition of the pseudo-state.
Erdogan has close ties with Russia’s president Vladimir Putin and relations between the two countries have been unaffected by the war in Ukraine.
