Airports and seaports of Cyprus may be available to Russian warplanes and ships in emergency situations and humanitarian operations, Anastasiades told TASS First Deputy Director General Mikhail Gusman. In fact, the two counties are updating their effective bilateral military agreement.
According to some previous media reports, Russia allegedly intended to create military bases on Cyprus.
http://itar-tass.com/en/russia/776341
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Cyprus’ offer to allow Russia the use of air and navy bases on its territory has triggered a feud with Britain, which is concerned over Russian military activities amid the Ukraine crisis.
ReplyDeleteThe top British envoy to the island made a series of warnings to Cyprus regarding the gas crisis in the eastern Mediterranean and the use of military bases by Russia during an interview with Greek daily Kathimerini, sparking reaction from Cypriot leader Nicos Anastasiades......................http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/greek-cyprus-in-spat-with-britain-over-russian-use-of-military-bases.aspx?pageID=238&nID=78090&NewsCatID=351
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There has never been, and indeed there is no question of Russian air or naval military bases on the soil of Cyprus, said Foreign Minister Ioannis Kassoulides, on the sidelines of the Foreign Affairs Council, in Brussels...
ReplyDelete“Besides, there has never been any request from Russia about this”, the Minister told CNA, replying to questions.
Kassoulides clarified that “what President Nicos Anastasiades referred to, in a recent interview, was the renewal of a military cooperation agreement with Russia consisting of maintenance of military equipment sold to Cyprus years ago, as well as the purchase of spare parts according to existing contracts.”
As regards the offering of facilities, he explained, “these are of a purely non-military nature, they relate to humanitarian nature matters such as the evacuation of Russian civilians from the Middle East if the need arises”.
- See more at: http://www.parikiaki.com/2015/02/no-issue-of-russian-bases-in-cyprus-foreign-minister-says/#sthash.hvhPm65R.dpuf
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Die Frage des Baus russischer Luft- bzw. Marinestützpunkte auf Zypern ist laut dem Außenminister des Inselstaates, Ioannis Kasoulides, nicht aufgeworfen worden. Moskau habe darum auch nicht gebeten...
ReplyDeleteAm Vortag hatte der Präsident der Republik Zypern, Nikos Anastasiadis, bekanntgegeben, dass bei seinem Moskau-Besuch am 25. Februar ein Kooperationsabkommen „erneuert“ werden soll. Die Agentur Xinhua gab an, dass Zypern Russland das Gelände einer Militäranlage zur Verfügung stellen will.
„Präsident Anastasiadis hat in seinem jüngsten Interview von einer Verlängerung des militärischen Kooperationsabkommens gesprochen, das darauf hinausläuft, die Militärausrüstung instand zu halten, die in zurückliegenden Jahren an Zypern geliefert wurde“, sagte der Minister. Zudem handle es sich um den Erwerb von Ersatzteilen gemäß den bereits bestehenden Abkommen......................http://de.sputniknews.com/politik/20150209/301027873.html#ixzz3RGUfJAuY
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