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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, in a telephone conversation with the leader of the Greek Cypriot Administration (GCASC), Nikos Anastasiadis, stated that the United States has lifted the arms embargo against the Greek administration for fiscal year 2021.
In his written statement, US State Department spokesman Morgan Ortagus emphasized that the issue of “deepening relations between the United States and the Greek Cypriot Administration” was discussed in the phone call made by Pompeo and Anastasiadis.
In the statement, “Pompeo told Anastasiadis the restrictions on the export, re-export, retransfer and temporary import of non-lethal defense materials and defense services controlled by the International Arms Trafficking Regulations to or from Cyprus for fiscal year 2021. . informed the deletion decision. ” statements were made.
During the meeting, Pompeo emphasized that he supported the comprehensive decision to “reunify the island as a bizone and bicommunal federation” for the benefit of all Cypriots and the people of the region.
POMPEO’S EXPLANATION
Mike Pompeo, for his part, described GASC as “our key partner in the Eastern Mediterranean”, in a statement he made on his Twitter account.
Underlining that they deepened defense cooperation with the Greek Cypriot administration, Pompeo said: “We will remove restrictions on the sale of non-lethal defense materials and services to Cyprus during the next fiscal year.” used the expression.
Under the “National Defense Authorization Act of 2020” and the “Additional Consolidated Appropriations Act” signed by the President of the United States, Donald Trump, on December 20, 2019, it was anticipated that the embargo on arms imposed by the United States on Cyprus since 1987.
Trump transferred the authority to lift the arms embargo to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo with the decree he signed on April 14.
