The Higher Coordination Council convened on Thursday under the chairmanship of President Ersin Tatar.

The council consists of the members of the cabinet, the Turkish Ambassador to Lefkoşa, presidential advisors, military and police commanders as well as other high-ranking senior government and state bureaucrats.

Attending the meeting was Prime Minister Ünal Üstel, the Turkish Ambassador to Lefkoşa Ali Murat Başçeri, the Commander of the Turkish Peace Forces in Cyprus Major General Sezai Öztürk, the Commander of the Cyprus Turkish Security Forces Major General Zorlu Topaloğlu, members of the cabinet, their undersecretaries, the head of the Police Force Ahmet Soyalan, the President’s Special Advisor Ergün Olgun, the head of the Immovable Property Commission (IPC) Növber Ferit Vechi, the Presidential Coordinator in Charge of Confidence-building measures and bicommunal technical committees Güneş Onar and other state and government bureaucrats.

No statement was issued before or after the meeting.