The president of Cyprus says the east Mediterranean island nation “is in no way involved” in any military operations in the region or elsewhere.
President Nikos Christodoulides makes the statement in response to remarks by Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, who warned today that Cyprus could be implicated in a wider conflict if the island nation allows Israel to use its ports and airports to target Lebanon.
Christodoulides says Nasrallah’s remarks “don’t in any way reflect what’s being attempted, which is to present a picture that Cyprus is involved in military operations.”
The Cypriot president says his country is “part of the solution, not part of the problem” and is recognized throughout the Arab world and internationally through such initiatives, such as the Cyprus-Gaza maritime corridor delivering humanitarian aid by ship to the Strip.
He says there are avenues of communication with both Lebanon and Iran “through diplomatic means.”
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