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Cyprus (an EU member state) is geographically considered to be a West Asian country and is internationally recognized as such: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/methodology/m49/#geo-regions
Georgia (an EU candidate country) and Armenia (who is planing to apply for EU candidacy) are also considered to be West Asian geographically. They are also both members of the Council of Europe.