Cyprus will not send weapons to Ukraine, said the President of the Republic of Cyprus Nikos Anastasiadis.

In his statements, President Anastasiadis, in response to a question about the supply of weapons from Cyprus to Ukraine and a remark by a journalist that the parties say that this would be a disaster for the Republic of Cyprus, said that “I want to say one thing. Cyprus is semi-occupied, it needs protective armor, and therefore without protective armor we cannot survive. That’s why I want to calm down. We are not going to send weapons to Ukraine.

Another thing is if there is a country that wants to replace our weapons with modern and no less powerful ones, thus creating a decisive deterrent force. In Ukraine, sending is out of the question.”

When asked if he would move to Lebanese Parliamentso there is EEZ ratification, the president said that “non-ratification by the Lebanese parliament was the presence of this particular dispute, that there were some doubts, etc. I believe that the way is open, yes, for it should also be ratified by Lebanon.”