Strengthening the deterrent power of the Republic of Cyprus is a government priority, said President of the Republic of Cyprus Nikos Christodoulides, who received Greek Defence Minister Nikos Dendias at the Presidential Mansion on Thursday.
Welcoming Dendias, Christodoulides said that "I am sure that we will cooperate perfectly, as we did when we were both foreign ministers, especially now with all these challenges that we have to face, Greece and Cyprus, not only at the regional level, but also more broadly at European level, and on the occasion of the illegal Russian invasion of Ukraine."
He added that "Greece and Cyprus are pillars of stability and security in the region, and that was the main message that we were both sending through our actions, and we will continue to do so."
"Our main efforts focus on strengthening the deterrent power. We do not consider any aggressive actions to solve problems. On the contrary, they create problems and with our behaviour we have proved that we do not believe in such solutions. But strengthening the deterrent power of the Republic of Cyprus is one of the priorities of our own government and is something that also arises from the need to confront Turkish behaviour in Cyprus," he said.
On his part, Dendias said: "We have a long cooperation, Greece and Cyprus have always been forces of stability, forces that strive for the implementation of international law, such as the law of the sea, international relations. This is how we see things, this was also the case with the Ukrainian issue. When an issue in relation to sovereignty, territorial integrity, independence and the implementation of the UN Charter was raised, both countries were on the right side."
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