Despite no formal relations between the two nations, Northern Cyprus has appointed Ambassadors to the United States and has a representative office in Washington, D.C. which serves as its de facto embassy.

The United States urges all parties to demonstrate the necessary openness, flexibility, and willingness to compromise to restart formal talks, implement confidence-building measures, and improve bicommunal relations.

"[3] On April 15, 1991, Secretary of State James Baker met with the founding President of Northern Cyprus Rauf Denktaş.

[7] The following year on October 28, 2005, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with then-President Talat for half an hour.

This was the first time the leader of Northern Cyprus visited Washington to hold direct talks with American officials.

[11] On October 2, 2015, Secretary of State John Kerry met with the President of Northern Cyprus, Mustafa Akıncı, on the sidelines of the Seventieth session of the United Nations General Assembly exchanging each other's views on bi-zonality and bi-communality.

The visit marked the first time a sitting Secretary of State met with leaders of both Cyprus administrations in the respective nations.

[13] Upon the announcement by the TRNC to reopen Varosha in October 2020, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called the move "provocative" and urged a reversal when speaking with Nikos Christodoulides, the Foreign Minister of Cyprus.

Akıncı's statement was based on the precedent established by John Kerry when he visited both the Greek and Turkish administered regions of Cyprus in 2015 when he was Secretary of State.