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The President of the Republic Mr.Nicos Christodoulides chaired a meeting of the Council of Ministers at the Presidential Palace today: "the Council of Ministers today decided to establish and create the National Security Council, a consultative body which was also on the President's pre-election programme."
Almost all EU countries, all Permanent Members of the United Nations Security Council, and all our neighbouring countries have a similar Council under one name or another.
The Council will advise the President of the Republic and, through him, the Council of Ministers on matters of national security, including defence, foreign policy and, of course, the Cyprus problem.
It will analyse and plan the national security strategy to be approved by the Council of Ministers.
The National Security Council (NSC) will also inform the National Council through the President of the Republic on matters concerning the Cyprus problem and it is understood that the National Council will be able to request the President of the Republic to instruct the NSC to conduct a specific investigation or study falling within its competence and submit it through the President of the Republic to the National Council.
The mission of the FAC shall be to produce thoughts, ideas, suggestions and proposals of practical value in matters of national security. It will have the ability to diagnose existing and anticipate future needs in its field of competence and arrange for the commissioning of studies and researches to select scholars, researchers and experts upon assignment by the President of the Republic.
We believe that the role of the National Council as the highest body of political consultation on the national issue, which is our country's security problem par excellence, will be upgraded through the FAC, and the National Council is in need of adequate and valid information and above all informed and substantiated assessments on aspects of the Cyprus problem and related issues."
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