The
President of the Republic received members
of the
Hudson Institute
The President of the Republic, Mr Nicos Anastasiades,
received today, at the Presidential Palace, members of the Hudson Institute
think tank, from the United States.
After the meeting, the Senior Fellow of the Institute, Mr Seth Cropsey,
made the following statement to the Press:
“We represent Hudson Institute which is a prominent
Washington Research Institute. This is
my second visit to Cyprus, I was here last year, and we are here because we
believe there are a lot of important issues we share in common and concerns that
we share in common – and I am not only talking about Hudson Institute but the
United States – with Cyprus. We both
have democratic political convictions, we are both democracies, we both have an
interest in the security of this part of the world which is becoming more
turbulent and I think that Americans are starting to realize the importance of
good, solid, dependable democratic partners, allies, in this part of the
world.
My meeting with the President was specifically to
discuss that, and I look forward to more cooperation between our research
institute and Cyprus and also I hope that our efforts can increase that
cooperation so that Americans in general and American political leadership
understands the importance of a strong relationship between Cyprus and the
United States.”
To a question if Cyprus fits the bill he described and
how can the country contribute in building that security and spreading it, Mr
Cropsey said: “There are exercises that are being conducted right now between
Cyprus and Israel and Greece and the United States at sea and continuing those
exercises and increasing their breadth and scope builds interoperability and
capability between sea powers and naval powers.
I think that increases security in this part of the world and I think
that simply talking together and acting together and continuing and improving
the dialogue between the two countries and all the countries in this part of the
world that are democratic as is the United States goes a great deal towards
accomplishing exactly what you asked.
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