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If and when some of the measures proposed by the EU against Russia, do not help and are not towards the goal that the EU is seeking, then they simply will not be adopted, President of the Republic Mr. Nicos Anastasiades.
In his statements to journalists, on the sidelines of the inauguration ceremony of the new wing of the EOKA Fighters' Rehabilitation Centre in Palodia, the President of the Republic was asked to refer to the discussion that will take place on Monday in the EU regarding the imposition of sanctions against Russia and how the Cypriot government will move on this issue, he said that "already, some concerns have been raised regarding the 6th package of measures.
What we have said is that they should be targeted in order to be effective. At the same time, the impact on the Member States should also be taken into account by the European partners, and ultimately, instead of being sanctions against the intruder, they should be sanctions against the Member States. Therefore, we will act accordingly.
We are in favour of EU unity, in favour of measures to be taken when international law is violated. And this certainly cannot exclude Cyprus."
Asked if there is a possibility that we might not participate, the President said that "there is no such thing. What there is is that if and when some of the measures that they are proposing which we have pointed out and we have shown with documentation that they are not helpful, are not towards the objective that the EU is pursuing, simply those particular measures will not be adopted."
Asked to say whether there is a possibility of opening the discussion on NATO membership for Cyprus as well, President Anastasiades said that "I think it is too premature to discuss something like that, there are serious problems that even if it were the wish of the Cyprus government, it would come up against procedural issues and especially the refusal of Turkey, of course. Unanimity is needed for a (state) to become a member of NATO. Apart from that, we are a small country, we need protection of course, the issue is that the protection should be effective and the decisions should be approved by the people."
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