EAM Jaishankar Holds Bilateral Talks With Cyprus Counterpart, Lauds Anti-Terrorism Cooperation

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar held talks with Cyprus’ Foreign Affairs Minister, Constantinos Kombos, to support bilateral ties between the 2 international locations. He additionally thanked Cyprus for its fortify in India’s struggle towards terrorism.

This assembly coincides with India’s ongoing diplomatic outreach marketing campaign as a part of Operation Sindoor, the place Indian MPs are visiting more than a few nations to spotlight India’s efforts to fight Pakistan-backed cross-border terrorism.

Taking to X, the External Affairs Minister wrote: “Warm conversation with FM @ckombos of Cyprus. Discussed strengthening our bilateral partnership as well as India-EU ties. Appreciate the support consistently extended by Cyprus in combating terrorism.”

Since the established order of diplomatic ties between India and Cyprus in 1962, bilateral members of the family between each international locations had been historically very shut and pleasant.

Besides, Cyprus has supported India on a number of a very powerful problems, together with India’s election to the us, the India-US Civil Nuclear Agreement, the NSG and the IAEA, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) notes. Cyprus additionally supported India’s post-Shakti sequence of nuclear exams, and at the problems with the Pulwama terrorist assault, says the MEA.

There had been a number of goodwill gestures between India and Cyprus, marking their particular regard and gratitude for each and every different. The MEA notes India has named an road in Delhi in honour of Archbishop Makarios, the primary President of Cyprus.

“Cyprus issued two postal stamps on the occasion of the Centenary Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi in 1970,” it says.

Apart from that, a bust of the ‘Father of the Nation’, Mahatma Gandhi, was once put in within the lawn of the Parliament of Cyprus in 1972, and the road in entrance of the bust was once named “Jawaharlal Nehru Avenue” in 1983. In a heartwarming gesture underlining the shut members of the family between the 2 international locations, in 2019, Cyprus issued a commemorative stamp at the instance of Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th beginning anniversary.

Taking into account the shut ties between India and Cyprus, the newest dialog between S. Jaishankar and Constantinos Kombos holds significance, as the topic of terrorism was once additionally touched upon all the way through the talks, with the Indian minister acknowledging the West Asian country’s consistent fortify in preventing terrorism.

(With Inputs from IANS)