The Cypriot president said Thursday that joint military maneuvers with three other European Union member states underway in the Eastern Mediterranean underscore the bloc's readiness to ensure security and stability in the region.
A special forces operator climbs on the side of a ship during a joint U.S.-Cyprus military drill at Limassol port on Friday, Sept. 10, 2021. The Cypriot president said Thursday that joint military manoeuvres with three other European Union member states underway in the Eastern Mediterranean underscore the bloc's readiness to ensure security and stability in the region.
He spoke ahead of a visit to the French frigate Chevalier Paul, which is taking part in the drill, and stressed that the show of strength is not turned against any other country -- a veiled allusion to Turkey, with which Cyprus shares a violent past, including a 1974 Turkish invasion brought on by a coup aimed at forming a union with Greece.
NATO-member Turkey does not recognize Cyprus as a state, and claims much of the island's offshore exclusive economic zone where several significant natural gas deposits have been discovered.
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