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Helena Smith in Athens

Cyprus welcomes resignation of UK trade envoy after visit to occupied north

Afzal Khan
Khan’s meeting with the leader of northern Cyprus was ‘unacceptable and provocative’, the Cypriot foreign ministry said. Photograph: Jas Lehal/PA Media Assignments/PA

Cyprus has welcomed the resignation of the UK’s trade envoy to Turkey, Afzal Khan, saying it sends “a resounding message” amid widespread criticism of the Labour MP’s recent visit to the island’s breakaway Turkish-occupied north.

Khan had defended his trip on 8 August in a letter to the British prime minister, Keir Starmer, claiming it was conducted “in a personal capacity during the parliamentary recess”.

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