The fourth Cyprus-Greece-Israel tripartite summit, which took place in Nicosia on May 8, 2018, made plain the determination of the three countries to deepen their cooperation.

U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today introduced the End the Cyprus Embargo Act, legislation to repeal the U.S. arms embargo on Cyprus. United States policy since 1987 has been to deny licenses on transfer of articles on the United States Munitions List to the Republic of Cyprus.

Turkey’s Permanent Delegate Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey to the European Union, Faruk Kaymakci added fuel to the fire of the Greek-Turkish relations by stating that “flowers, flags or picnics on these rocky islands were provocative” in an interview to Euroactiv.com.