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GREEK
CYPRIOT DEFENCE MINISTER MAVRONIKOLAS: “REARMAMENT EFFORTS WILL CONTINUE”
(14.07.2003)
Kiryakos
Mavronikolas, the Greek Cypriot Defence Minister, said: “As long as a
settlement is not seen on the horizons, we will continue with our rearmament
efforts.”
According
to the Greek Cypriot press, Mavronikolas, during a visit he made to the
training centres of inexperienced soldiers from Limasol and Paphos, referring
to his recent visit to Athens, said: “Both ministries, will continue in
their efforts to improve the level of the Greek Cypriot National Guard, as
long as the Cyprus issue remains unsolved and no settlement is seen on the
horizons.”
The
Greek Cypriot daily, “Politis”, announced that the Greek Cypriot
administration, by ending the freezing of their rearmament campaign have
already made an agreement worth 61 million Cyprus pounds with importing firms
in order to upgrade their land to air Aspide and Mistral missiles.
Stressing
that the Greek Cypriot administration is undertaking efforts to significantly
improve the weapons systems of the Greek Cypriot National Guard, the daily
reported that the Greek Cypriot Defence Ministry had reached an agreement a
short while ago with the importing companies of the Aspite and Mistral
missiles, for the restructuring and modernisation of the launching ramps for
these missiles.
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