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[fanourıo]

Cyprus and France sign military cooperation deal
By Fanos Droushiotis
Greek Cypriot Admiistration does it again! It has reportedly signed new miliary agreement with France(?) and pro peace politicians and journalists are wondering why.
It has been reported that S. Cyprus and France have signed a comprehensive military cooperation accord covering joint maneuvers and military training.
The accord has drawn condemnation from Turkey.
The deal between the two EU members was signed in the French capital by Greek Cypriot Foreign Minister George Lillikas and French Defense Minister Michele Alliot-Marie on Wednesday, according to a Greek Cypriot Admiistration statement issued a day later.
"We are often faced with common dangers, such as terrorism which concerns all European countries and which we have to tackle," the statement quoted Alliot-Marie as saying at the signing ceremony.
Turkey immediately denounced the accord, saying it would undermine international efforts to resolve the three-decade Cyprus conflict. The foreign ministry in Ankara described the accord as "worrying".
It protested that the Greek Cypriot Administration did not represent the whole island.
The French military would also be given access to an air base in the west coast town of Paphos as a logistics hub.
France used the Andreas Papandreou base to ferry French nationals out of Beirut last year, after the Israeli regime attacked Lebanon.
French foreign ministry spokesman Jean-Baptiste Mattei said the agreement was a "framework for bilateral actions, some of which are already being undertaken by the two countries and which are normal between European Union countries, such as mutual visits and the exchange of experiences and know-how."
Does it smell Lillikas,commissions and weapon purchases to you? It certainly does for me! And it smells really bad...

[karma]

and I was wondering why the Cypriot song for the Eurovision Contest is French,
thx Fano

[Viewpoint]

and I was wondering why the Cypriot song for the Eurovision Contest is French,
thx Fano

Now have you worked out the GC mentality and the provocation eg crucifix on Euro coin, medal to Armenian French MP, French song to Eurovision...all little things but shows us what GCs are really about.

[karma]

I ll believe u when GC people start eating frogs instead of halloumi

[Get Real!]

The military agreement was made last year right after the Israeli invasion of Lebanon. France needed a base from which to conduct her then-new UNIFIL role and Cyprus needed/wanted some goodies...

Rumor has it that the deal involves/includes "Mistral" technology; allegedly the world's finest S2A technology.
Why would Cyprus give France temporary bases (air & sea) just for a joint exercise?

[dancingbear]

One of the reasons I wanted to come and live in Cyprus was to get far enough away from the French and stay within the EU.

Bear

[karma]

One of the reasons I wanted to come and live in Cyprus was to get far enough away from the French and stay within the EU.

Bear

u can move to Greece

[fanourıo]

or Turkey....

[dancingbear]

Karma, yes i could but but Cyprus even further, and I would be on anybody's side against the French.

Bear

[karma]

then u have 70 millions of people supporting u