Israel’s cooperation with the Republic of Cyprus and Greece will continue to expand even more in the future, the Israeli Minister of Defence, Benny Gantz, told CNA.
Gantz, who is also the leader of the centre-right party coalition “Power Faction”, asked on how he assesses the course of relations between Israel and Cyprus during the term of the outgoing government and especially during his term as head of the Ministry of Defence, told CNA that the relations with Cyprus, as well as the relations that have been created in the context of tripartite cooperation with Greece, were “of excellent quality.” He said the three countries have done a lot together at a political, diplomatic and military level and will continue to do even more in the future.
The coalition “Power Faction” under the leadership of Gantz, consists of the political parties Blue and White, under Gantz, the New Hope party of the current Minister of Justice, Gideon Sa’ar, while a month ago, the former Chief of Staff of the Israeli Armed Forces, retired Lt. Gen. Gadi Eisenkot, joined. It was during Eisenkot’s term, during the period 2015-2019, that the cooperation between the Israeli Armed Forces and Cyprus’ National Guard, at the level of joint exercises and exchange of expertise, was expanded.
Source: Cyprus News Agency