His opposition to the sale of new military equipment to Turkey, expressed the chairman of the Senate International Relations Committee, Robert Menendez, recalling that this committee is called upon to play an important role in this process. As he noted, "that committee is the one that decides on arms sales, and I find it very difficult to agree to such a development."
Continuing, Senator Menendez called Turkey's offensive behavior, which he said includes overflights and violations of both Greek airspace and territorial waters, unacceptable. In fact, he assessed that the greatest threat to security and prosperity in the Eastern Mediterranean region comes from Turkey, which has adopted a provocative behaviour despite the fact that it is a member of NATO. The US senator argued, in this light, that the US must continue to press to make it clear that this behaviour will have consequences.
Finally, he also referred to the embargo on the sale of arms to the Republic of Cyprus, which has been partially lifted.
Senator Menendez referred to an anachronistic reality, saying that conditions are ripe to bring about the full lifting of the embargo, which will allow Cyprus to modernise its defence and further integrate defensively with the EU and the US.
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