It is confirmed once again that Turkey is the only country that consistently causes destabilization in the region, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement in response to statements made by the Press Spokesman of the Turkish Foreign Ministry on the "AGAPINOR" exercise.
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The joint National Guard exercise with Israel, as claimed by the Turkish Foreign Ministry has "cost the destabilization of the region is clear proof of the insincerity" of the Greek Cypriot side.
In a statement today, the Foreign Ministry said that "It is with disappointment that we observe once again the intensification of Turkish rhetoric aimed, among other things, at distorting reality and creating tensions in our region, this time on the occasion of the "Agapinor" exercise."
The Republic of Cyprus, he notes, as a sovereign state will continue to exercise its sovereign rights and implement its international obligations by strengthening cooperation with states in the region in a wide range of areas, including security and defence aspects.
It points out that the purpose of such exercises, which are based on virtual scenarios, is solely to enhance the defence capabilities of the National Guard, to strengthen bilateral and regional cooperation and to create conditions of security and stability in the Eastern Mediterranean.
These are, as he explains, partnerships governed by the principle of inclusion, without excluding or targeting any of the neighbouring countries.
"Unfortunately, once again it is confirmed that the only country that consistently causes destabilization in the region is Turkey, which, with its revisionist approach, is trying to dynamite the climate and torpedo any efforts on our side to resolve the Cyprus problem. Such actions are also directed against the Turkish Cypriots themselves, whom Turkey is attempting to instrumentalize and hold hostage in its efforts to impose its policy towards Cyprus."
The sincerity of each side's intentions, the statement said, is not judged by public statements, nor tested by unsubstantiated rhetorical outbursts. "The sincerity of each is judged by the proposals and initiatives it undertakes to resolve problems and impasses on the basis of international law and not by actions that circumvent, undermine and violate individual provisions of international law," it concludes.
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