Cyprus and UK sign program of military cooperation
CNA – NICOSIA 2/2/2016 21:47
Cypriot Defence Minister Christoforos Fokaides and his UK counterpart Michael Fallon signed on Tuesday a Programme of Bilateral Military Cooperation.
Fokaides and Fallon held a meeting today in London in the framework of Fokaides` official visit to the United Kingdom, an official press release said.
“The two Ministers initially held a private meeting. Thereinafter, in the presence of the delegations of both Ministries, they discussed issues of mutual concern, such as the current situation in the wider region of the southeastern Mediterranean, the evolving geopolitical environment, maritime and energy security, cooperation in the field of counter – terrorism, new asymmetric threats, the immigration crisis and the developments on the Cyprus issue” the press release said.
The two Ministers signed a Program of Bilateral Military Cooperation between the Armed Forces of the two countries for 2016.
This was the first formal visit of a Minister of Defence of Cyprus to the United Kingdom, according to the press release.