FM: Cyprus Will Not Be Used as Launch Pad for Attacks against Syria


FM: Cyprus Will Not Be Used as Launch Pad for Attacks against Syria

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides said he has been assured that the island will not be used as a launch pad for attacks against Syria.

Kasoulides said that the “Cyprus government has repeatedly expressed great concern over the use of chemical weapons against civilians, especially against the children of the friendly people of Syria and the government’s reaction is even greater when this is happening in such close proximity to our country”.

He added that Cyprus is ready, if necessary, to be used as a transit point for foreign nationals from the Middle East who wish to return to their countries, FG reported.

Kasoulides said that the loss of 1,429 lives of which 426 were children in the last attack in Damascus constitutes a crime against humanity and is unreservedly condemned. He also said that such horrendous action cannot go unpunished.

“We cannot be a safe haven on the one hand and a launching pad on the other”, the Cypriot FM pointed out.

According to Kasoulides, Cyprus can accept 10 thousand foreign nationals on a daily basis, on the condition that within 48 hours they will be traveling to their final destinations.

He clarified that “we are not talking about Syrian refugees”, noting that the “current economic situation in Cyprus is not conducive to receiving Syrian refugees”.

Concluding, Kasoulides said he hoped that there will not be any need for foreign countries to evacuate Syria.

 

 

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