Cyprus is committed to expanding defense ties with the US, says its president

The president of Cyprus says his administration is committed to expanding defense and security cooperation with the U.S. as his meeting with the American President Joe Biden last week charted a course for the “next ambitious steps” in bilateral relations that are currently at a “historic high.” President Nikos Christodoulides told the Associated Press in an email response to a questionnaire Sunday that his government's “clear foreign policy orientation” has resulted in deepening the Cyprus-U.S. strategic partnership over the last 18 months in fields including law enforcement cooperation on countering money laundering and sanctions evasion.