The government has no threat to face "given that it is exercising its sovereign rights and even successfully", said the President of the Republic, Nikos Anastasiadis, answering a question about Turkish threats in the Cypriot EEZ, after today's presentation of the project and the vision for the future.
He reiterated that the natural wealth of Cyprus belongs to all legal residents of the Republic of Cyprus, including the Turkish Cypriots. "Consequently, any threats (from Turkey) have no place and are not for the benefit of the entire Cypriot people. I want to hope that Turkey will understand that the research drilling is about the future of Cyprus, the future of the inhabitants, the entire Cypriot people and therefore there is no room for questioning why they (the Turks) want to consider the Republic of Cyprus non-existent or t / k democracy exists ".
If, he continued, they choose to protect the rights of T / Cs in a separate, independent entity, "then they should be limited to what is in the exclusive economic zone of that illegal entity. "And therefore they have no reason to question the sovereign rights of the Republic of Cyprus."
But this is a theory that concerns only the Turks and not us, said President Anastasiadis.
Asked if there are any moves between Greece and Turkey to prepare the ground for a better organized Conference on Cyprus, the President of the Republic replied that we will see this in the coming months.
Asked what he expects from his visit to Saudi Arabia, President Anastasiadis said that after 1964, for the first time since 2015, the country accredited its ambassador to the Republic of Cyprus in 2017. "Our aim and goal is to deepen our relations with all states. and the Arabian Gulf. " As he explained, this is the fifth visit to Gulf countries, except Oman, making special reference to the donation of the general support ship "Alasia" by the Sheikh of Oman to the Republic of Cyprus in XNUMX.
We seek, he said, to pursue the same strategic policy as with the countries of the Middle East, through bilateral or trilateral cooperation in order to further deepen our relations. This is of utmost importance for all our plans and planning for the future, he concluded.
Source: KYPE
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