Turkiye: Joint Israel military drills with Cyprus ought not to be provocative

Joint military drills between Israel and Cyprus ought not to be provocative, the Turkish Foreign Ministry expressed yesterday as indicated by Anadolu.

Representative Tanju Bilgic said that Turkiye rehashed the call to nations to do joint drills with Cyprus and not to involve them as an incitement. He added that they ought to likewise not be utilized for publicity, focusing that Turkiye is focused on safeguarding the interests of Turkish Cyprus.

Israel did military penetrated mutually with Greek Cyprus between 29 May and 2 June; the biggest starting from the beginning of relations between the different sides started.

Following a Greece-moved upset in 1974, Turkiye mediated to shield Turkish Cypriots from mistreatment, prompting the island to be isolated into Turkish Cyprus and Greek Cyprus.