{"id":22934,"date":"2026-10-05T09:08:45","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T09:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/05\/trump-shares-christodoulides-interview-calling-the-us-cypruss-closest-ally-greek-city-times\/"},"modified":"2026-10-05T09:08:45","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T09:08:45","slug":"trump-shares-christodoulides-interview-calling-the-us-cypruss-closest-ally-greek-city-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/05\/trump-shares-christodoulides-interview-calling-the-us-cypruss-closest-ally-greek-city-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Shares Christodoulides Interview Calling the US Cyprus\u2019s Closest Ally \u2013 Greek City Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-first=\"S\">\n<h3 id=\"h-us-president-donald-trump-reposted-on-truth-social-an-interview-cypriot-president-nikos-christodoulides-gave-to-breitbart-news-in-which-christodoulides-said-relations-between-cyprus-and-the-united-states-are-at-their-highest-level-ever\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">US President Donald Trump reposted on Truth Social an interview Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides gave to Breitbart News, in which Christodoulides said relations between Cyprus and the United States are at their highest level ever.<\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Christodoulides described the United States as Cyprus\u2019s \u201cclosest ally\u201d in defence, security and intelligence, and as its most important partner. He also praised Trump\u2019s approach to international negotiations, saying the US president has a \u201cunique advantage\u201d because \u201cwhether you like it or not, you know where you stand\u201d with him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Cypriot president said a significant further step in US energy activity in Cyprus\u2019s exclusive economic zone is expected. ExxonMobil and Chevron are already operating in the area, and Cyprus aims to begin exporting natural gas to Europe by late 2027 or early 2028.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Turkey, Christodoulides called President Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan the main obstacle to a settlement of the Cyprus issue, pointing to Ankara\u2019s insistence on a two-state solution. He also accused Turkey of challenging international law and the sovereignty of neighbouring countries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Christodoulides said Cyprus\u2019s geopolitical orientation is \u201cclearly Western\u201d and that he hopes to visit Trump at the White House soon, repeating that Washington is currently the Republic of Cyprus\u2019s most important partner.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"article-tags entry-footer\">\n<div>\n\t\t<strong>Tags:<\/strong><br \/>\n\t\tBreitbart, Chevron, Cyprus, Cyprus issue, Cyprus-US relations, Donald Trump, EEZ, energy exports, Erdogan, ExxonMobil, Greek news, greek news today, natural gas, Nikos Christodoulides, Turkey, United States\t<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"category_container author-information\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<section id=\"authorpage\" class=\"authorpage\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e431a0aaf2dcb7e221a3bd95d4b4996106e91f12afa178bba01dd45d1cdacc01?s=164&amp;r=g\" srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e431a0aaf2dcb7e221a3bd95d4b4996106e91f12afa178bba01dd45d1cdacc01?s=328&amp;r=g 2x\" class=\"avatar avatar-164 photo lazyload\" height=\"164\" width=\"164\" decoding=\"async\"\/>\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"author-content\">\n<h5>Athens Bureau<\/h5>\n<p>Athens Bureau is Greek City Times\u2019 news desk in Athens, reporting on Greek politics, society, economy, culture, and breaking national news for readers in Greece and the diaspora.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"fa-solid fa-link\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/2026\/10\/05\/trump-shares-christodoulides-interview-calling-the-us-cypruss-closest-ally\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US President Donald Trump reposted on Truth Social an interview Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides gave to Breitbart News, in which Christodoulides said relations between Cyprus and the United States are at their highest level ever. Christodoulides described the United States as Cyprus\u2019s \u201cclosest ally\u201d in defence, security and intelligence, and as its most important partner. &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Trump Shares Christodoulides Interview Calling the US Cyprus\u2019s Closest Ally \u2013 Greek City Times\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/05\/trump-shares-christodoulides-interview-calling-the-us-cypruss-closest-ally-greek-city-times\/#more-22934\" aria-label=\"Read more about Trump Shares Christodoulides Interview Calling the US Cyprus\u2019s Closest Ally \u2013 Greek City Times\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22935,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/PRammochostos-30-1536x1024-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","no-featured-image-padding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22934\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}