The Sovereign Base Area (SBA) Administration believes that the arrangement signed by the Cypriot and the British governments in London yesterday will allow residents an increased flexibility to develop private property within the British Sovereign Bases.
“This arrangement will give greater freedom to residents that live within the Bases, whilst at the same time safeguards the UK’s effective operation of the Bases to meet its military needs”, the SBA Administration said in a press release issued today.
It adds “the signing of this arrangement illustrates the excellent cooperation that exists between the two Governments to ensure the effective operation of the Bases.”
Britain, a former colonial power, has retained two military bases in Cyprus and several sites after it granted the island its independence in 1960.