Cypriot President Christodoulides plans to expand military co-operation with US
CYPRIOT President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday he would expand “defence” co-operation with the United States, following last week’s meeting with US President Joe Biden.
The eastern Mediterranean island is key to Nato operations facilitating Israel’s genocide of the Palestinians, with RAF bases on Cyprus used both for surveillance flights over Gaza whose findings are shared with Israel, and for US flights supplying the Israeli military.
The bases’ role has prompted protests organised by the Cyprus Peace Council, with a rally of hundreds outside RAF Akrotiri in September under the slogan Out With the Bases of Death.
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