Cyprus recently signed an agreement with Russia giving the Kremlin’s navy ships the right to access the island nation’s ports.
Cypriot president Nicos Anastasiades quickly specified that this agreement, signed during his visit in Moscow in February, was merely the symbolic renewal of a former 1996 agreement that existed between the two countries.
“This right stipulates their calls with humanitarian aims, which are supplies of provision and refuelling of vessels, as well as for rescue of lives of Russian nationals and their evacuation from neighbouring countries,” Anastasiades said at a Russian news conference.
More than a simple reinforcement of a long-lasting relationship between …read more
Source: The Huffington Post
