Nicosia and Washington have accelerated their efforts to include Cyprus in the United States’ Visa Waiver Program with the two sides establishing a working group to fast-track the issue. Foreign Minister Nikos
Cyprus on Wednesday accepted a request from Washington to station a rapid response unit on the island in case US diplomatic missions or civilians need to be evacuated in the region following
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has postponed his January 7 trip to Cyprus due to tensions with Iraq following attacks on the American embassy in Baghdad. “Secretary Pompeo must postpone his
Cyprus is a force for stability, democracy, and prosperity, and a valued US partner in the important Eastern Mediterranean region, a senior State Department official said. The official made the comments during
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is expected to visit Cyprus during the first week of January in the last leg of a trip he will make to Asia. The official announcement
Nicosia hailed the US lifting its 1987 arms embargo on Cyprus as a political breakthrough that showed the increasing importance of the region to Washington, said Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides. He said
The US Congress has lifted a 32-year-long arms embargo on Cyprus, defying Turkey as it seeks closer ties with Nicosia at a time of renewed regional tensions. Turkey warned that the US
The “Eastern Mediterranean Security and Energy Partnership” which envisages US support for regional cooperation between Cyprus, Greece and Israel will be voted into an Act by Congress by December 20. The bill
The United States Congress is expected to approve by Thursday the lifting of the embargo on the sale of US arms to Cyprus, in place since 1987. Lifting of the weapons ban