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US Looks To Cyprus As Being An Important Partner, State Department Official Says
September 2, 2020
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo informed the Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades of Washington’s decision to lift the arms embargo to Cyprus, Matthew A. Palmer, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs announced. “The US looks to the Republic of Cyprus as being an important partner “, he added.
In a virtual conference with Greek correspondents, Palmer said that Secretary Pompeo spoke with President Anastasiades over the phone and informed him of his “determination that within the national security of the US to temporary wave the denial on the direct commercial sale of non-lethal defence articles and services to the Republic of Cyprus for the fiscal year 2020 – 2021.”