Requests official info from the Nationwide Council and International Affairs Committee
“The subordination of the nation to the US doesn’t make it a pillar of safety, however the reverse,” says AKEL concerning the beginning of the Cyprus-US Strategic Dialogue, which was introduced yesterday after the assembly between the Minister of International Affairs, Constantinos Kobos, and his American counterpart, Anthony Blinken.
Within the announcement, AKEL notes that the “involvement of the Republic of Cyprus within the additional militarization of the Japanese Mediterranean to serve the US and its allies within the area is popping our island right into a base of conflict with monumental dangers for our folks”
He factors out, as well as, that he’ll request official info on the stage of the Nationwide Council and the Parliamentary International Affairs Committee.
Learn the AKEL announcement in full:
The Christodoulidis authorities continues on the trail of the Anastasiades authorities in subordinating Cyprus to US strategic plans within the area, by means of the deepening of US-Cyprus army cooperation. That is clearly the core of the Cyprus-US Strategic Dialogue because it emerges from the general public statements and for which AKEL will request official info on the stage of the Nationwide Council and the Parliamentary Committee on International Affairs. On the similar time, it’s clear that the Cypriot challenge was unnoticed of the Cypriot authorities's discussions with Washington as our homeland has one other better danger to its safety than the continuing Turkish occupation.
Based on reviews by Phileleftheros, HellasJournal and ANT1live, the US Secretary of State additionally acknowledged that “over the previous eight months, the US has realized concerning the strategic worth of the island for army and humanitarian operations.” This places the Christodoulidis authorities as soon as once more in entrance of the questions that AKEL has been elevating for months and to which it has by no means answered. What are the army operations carried out “within the final eight months” wherein Cyprus was concerned, i.e. the interval when Israel's genocide in opposition to the Palestinians was raging? When will the Christodoulidis authorities lastly reply AKEL's questions on using British bases by the USA to help Israel within the barbaric conflict it’s waging in Gaza? The inexorable query additionally returns: how is it potential for Mr. Christodoulidis to declare himself a staunch defender of worldwide legislation within the case of Ukraine, and on the similar time stand by the Netanyahu authorities that’s bleeding a complete folks?
The submission of Cyprus to the USA doesn’t represent a geopolitical improve nor does it make our nation a pillar of safety, however the reverse. The involvement of the Republic of Cyprus within the additional militarization of the Japanese Mediterranean to serve the US and its allies within the area is popping our island right into a base of conflict with monumental dangers for our folks. On the similar time, it invalidates the credibility of Cyprus when it claims to respect worldwide legislation.
