Go to the flags of Ukraine media bank. File photoATHENA, Oct 13Cyprus has no intention of sending Soviet and Russian-made weapons from its arsenals to Ukraine without receiving modern weaponry in return, President Nikos Anastasiadis told reporters Thursday evening. The New York Times wrote with referring to the official representative of the Cypriot government, Marios Pelekanos, that Cyprus will transfer to Ukraine weapons of Soviet and Russian production that it has in service if it receives a replacement. He has, in particular, tanks T-80, BMP-3, air defense systems «Buk» and TOR. Pelecanos himself, in an interview with the Cyprus News Agency, later said that there were no specific consultations on this issue, although it was raised during discussions and various contacts, either with European partners or with the United States. According to Pelecanos, Cyprus is not able to provide weapons, because it must ensure its defense capability. weapons from Cyprus to Ukraine. «I want to say one thing. Cyprus is half occupied, it needs protective armor and we cannot survive without it. Therefore, I want to reassure. We are not going to send weapons to Ukraine,» Anastasiades said. «If there is a country that wants to replace our weapons with modern and equally powerful ones, thus creating a decisive deterrent, that is a completely different matter. We are not raising the question of sending to Ukraine,» Anastasiades said.
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