Italian Foreign Minister: Challenges and unilateral actions against Cyprus are not tolerated
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The Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Luigi Di Maio, described Cyprus-Italy relations as excellent.
He stated that the processes for the further deepening of the relations between the two countries will continue.
“The fact that the two countries belong to the Mediterranean family is the precondition on which we build an increasingly broad but also a complex relationship,” the Italian Foreign Minister said.
Di Maio stated that during the contacts he had with his Cypriot counterpart Nikos Christodoulides, the intention to strengthen economic cooperation and investments was emphasised once again.
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Close co-operation on the Mediterranean is needed to tackle common threats, with quiet mediation preferable to gunboat diplomacy, Cypriot Foreign Minister Nikos said on a visit to Abu Dhabi this week.
But, he added, Turkey must respect Cyprus’s territorial integrity in disputed waters.
“This is a prerequisite for any kind of co-operation with Turkey. But we believe that only diplomacy and negotiations can solve our problems. We can’t change geography,” he said.
Speaking in an exclusive interview with
The National,
Mr Christodoulides pointed to deepening ties between Cyprus and its Middle East neighbours to tackle security threats in the region.