Cyprus and India will sign bilateral memoranda and agreements on military cooperation, energy and migration in the framework of a working visit which the Foreign Minister of India, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, will pay to Cyprus on December 29-31, at the invitation of his Cypriot counterpart, Ioannis Kasoulides.
Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Demetris Demetriou, told CNA that this is a very significant visit both in terms of symbolism and substance. “India is a very important country member of the Commonwealth with which we are linked with parallel historic routes and strong ties,” he added.
Demetriou noted that the visit “creates prospects to reinforce bilateral relations with India in a mutually beneficial strategic framework.”
He also said that during the visit the two sides will discuss bilateral relations and the prospects to further deepen them in fields as education, economy, security, defence, etc.
Demetriou went on saying that “we will brief the Indian side about the efforts of the Turkish side to upgrade the puppet regime and to create a new fait accompli against the Republic of Cyprus.”
“Current regional issues of mutual interest, EU-India relations and ways through which India could play a role in existing multilateral cooperation schemes will also be discussed,” the Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson added.
Moreover he said that in the framework of the visit Cyprus and India will sign bilateral memoranda and agreements in the fields of military cooperation, energy and migration.
Cyprus has been divided since 1974, when Turkish troops invaded and occupied 37% of its territory.
An illegal breakaway state declared independence unilaterally, on November 15, 1983, in the areas under Turkish occupation, an action condemned by the UN Security Council and the international community as legally null and void.
Source: Cyprus News Agency