MEP hails Mitsotakis, Macron visit, calls on EU to do more for Cyprus’ security

Cypriot member of the European Parliament Costas Mavrides, of Diko, late on Monday night hailed the visit of French President Emmanuel Macron and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to the island and called on the European Union to do more to aid the island’s security, after it was struck by an Iranian-made drone last week.

“History was made in Cyprus today. Three leaders of European Union states … on the occasion of the war in Iran, to which Cyprus is not a party, sent a message through President Macron...