The Hezbollah leader’s threats against Cyprus are baseless and Cyprus has nothing to do with military operations, the Cypriot Foreign Minister said today Konstantinos Kombosafter a meeting he had with his Philippine counterpart in Nicosia.

The day before Wednesday, the head of the Shiite armed organization of Lebanon, Hassan Nasrallah, issued threats for the first time against Cyprus, saying Hezbollah could consider it a country at war if it continues to allow Israel to use airports and bases in Cyprus for military purposes. “Opening Cypriot airports and bases to the Israeli enemy to target Lebanon would mean that the Cypriot government is a party to the war,” Nasrallah said.

The reaction of the Cypriot leadership and the Cypriot president was immediate Nikos Christodoulidis yesterday to characterize these categories as non-existent. “The Republic of Cyprus is not involved in any way in the hostilities”, he stressed, adding that Cyprus is “part of the solution, not the problem”.

Today the Cypriot Foreign Minister reiterated that the threats and statements of the Hezbollah leader are not substantiated and that Cyprus does not and will not carry out any type of military activities against any country in the region, against any country that is the victim of military attacks.

“Cyprus has nothing to do with this, so we consider the whole discussion to be baseless. We have tried repeatedly over the last few months to offer support to the people in Gaza, in cooperation with a number of other countries, with the UN, so we are equally surprised by what has been said because it does not make sense in relation to what Cyprus has done or what Cyprus represents “, emphasized Kobos.

At the same time, he added that “all the necessary moves have been made and all the necessary diplomatic measures have been taken” and referred to the positions of the authorities of Lebanon, the EU, Greece, the USA and other countries that expressed their support and solidarity in Cyprus.

“So this is the situation at the moment and we are working to ensure the interests of the Republic of Cyprus and its people”, concluded the Cypriot Foreign Minister.