Nicos Anastasiades, the president of Cyprus, will fly to Moscow on 25 February to reach what his office describes as “significant agreements” with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin.
Ioannis Kasoulides, the Cypriot foreign minister, told a Brussels audience on 10 February that speculation that Cyprus would lease military bases to Russia was “rubbish”, and indicated that discussions were focused on the renewal of a contract to maintain Russian weapons that Cyprus had bought. Cyprus has been one of the European Union member states that has been most reluctant to impose Ukraine-related sanctions on Russia. “Our position has been for the territorial …read more
Source: European Voice
