{"id":990,"date":"2024-12-06T18:15:47","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T18:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/06\/turkey-warns-of-arms-race-on-cyprus\/"},"modified":"2024-12-06T18:15:47","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T18:15:47","slug":"turkey-warns-of-arms-race-on-cyprus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/06\/turkey-warns-of-arms-race-on-cyprus\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey warns of \u2018arms race\u2019 on Cyprus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1255572\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"first-img article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                                                                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/AP242753968287591-320x200.jpg?v=1733504806\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/AP242753968287591.jpg?v=1733504806\" alt=\"Turkey warns of \u2018arms race\u2019 on Cyprus\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/AP242753968287591-960x600.jpg?v=1733504806\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n<p>[Petros Karadjias\/AP Photo]<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Turkey\u2019s Foreign Ministry has described the \u201carmament activities\u201d of the internationally recognized Republic of Cyprus as \u201cwrong,\u201d saying they could \u201cstart an arms race on the island.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe see that the Greek Cypriot Administration of Southern Cyprus [sic] has recently accelerated its armament activities,\u201d a statement from the ministry reads, adding that it notes \u201cthe views recorded in the statement\u201d made by the so-called \u201cforeign ministry\u201d of the Turkish-backed entity in occupied northern Cyprus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe would like to remind you that this wrong policy pursued by the Greek Cypriot Administration of Southern Cyprus could lead to a further deterioration of the stability and peace of our region and start an arms race on the island,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, Cyprus\u2019 new air defense system was launched, designed to protect the country from aerial threats, similar to Israel\u2019s Iron Dome.\u00a0With the completion of the order, Cyprus will gain a modern air defense shield capable of intercepting and neutralizing targets well beyond the island\u2019s borders. The system can engage threats at ranges from 2 to 150 km.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides confirmed Nicosia\u2019s active interest in NATO membership.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n        var NXFBPixelFunc = function () {\n            document.removeEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n            setTimeout(function () {\n                !function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                    if (f.fbq) return;\n                    n = f.fbq = function () {\n                        n.callMethod ?\n                            n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n                    };\n                    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                    n.push = n;\n                    n.loaded = !0;\n                    n.version = '2.0';\n                    n.queue = [];\n                    t = b.createElement(e);\n                    t.async = !0;\n                    t.src = v;\n                    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n                }(window, document, 'script',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                fbq('init', '109138906120213');\n                fbq('track', 'PageView');\n            }, 0)\n        };\n        document.addEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/politics\/foreign-policy\/1255572\/turkey-warns-of-arms-race-on-cyprus\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Petros Karadjias\/AP Photo] Turkey\u2019s Foreign Ministry has described the \u201carmament activities\u201d of the internationally recognized Republic of Cyprus as \u201cwrong,\u201d saying they could \u201cstart an arms race on the island.\u201d \u201cWe see that the Greek Cypriot Administration of Southern Cyprus [sic] has recently accelerated its armament activities,\u201d a statement from the ministry reads, adding that &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Turkey warns of \u2018arms race\u2019 on Cyprus\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/06\/turkey-warns-of-arms-race-on-cyprus\/#more-990\" aria-label=\"Read more about Turkey warns of \u2018arms race\u2019 on Cyprus\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":991,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/AP242753968287591-960x600.jpg?v=1733504806","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-990","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\/990","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=990"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/990\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}