The chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee expressed his opposition to the sale of new military equipment in Turkey. Robert Menendez, recalling that this committee is called upon to play an important role in this process. As he characteristically noted, “this committee is the one that decides on arms sales and I see it very difficult to agree with such a development».
Continuing, Senator Menendez characterized unacceptable the delinquent behavior of Turkey, which, as he said, includes overflights and violations of both Greek airspace and territorial waters. In fact, he estimated that the biggest threat to security and prosperity in the Eastern Mediterranean region comes from Turkey, which has adopted a provocative behavior despite being a member of NATO. The US senator argued, in this light, that the US must continue to put pressure on it to make it clear that this behavior will have consequences.
Finally, he referred to the embargo on arms sales to the Republic of Cyprus, which has been partially lifted. Senator Menendez spoke of an anachronistic reality, saying the conditions were ripe for a full lifting of the embargo, which would allow Cyprus to modernize its defense and integrate further defensively with the EU and the US.
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