US seeks major military base on united Cyprus By Iason Athanasiadis ATHENS - It has been more than 50 years since the sophisticated surveillance equipment sitting atop Mount Troodos - the highest point on Cyprus - began scouring the airwaves across the Middle East, the Caucasus and Central Asia. To them, it simply means a place from where their helicopters were based. The newspaper is not affiliated with any political parties and has always striven to maintain its independence. It is recommended that you leave on all cookies if you are not sure whether you need them or not, in case they are used to provide a service that you use.The types of cookies used on this website can be classified into one of three categories:You can prevent the setting of cookies by adjusting the settings on your browser (see your browser’s “Help” option on how to do this). These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit so that we can continue to produce engaging content. The Turkish military forces in Northern Cyprus (Turkish: Kıbrıs'taki Türk Silahlı Kuvvetleri), officially Cyprus Turkish Peace Force Command (Turkish: Kıbrıs Türk Barış Kuvvetleri Komutanlığı) is the Turkish garrison on Cyprus. All Right Reserved. The Cyprus News Agency contacted the US embassy in Cyprus, but it likewise declined comment. But without additional information your IP address does not identify you as an individual.Your Choice. However, if you are still looking for more information, then feel free to contact us via email at Strictly Necessary Cookie should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings.If you disable this cookie, we will not be able to save your preferences. An IP address is a numeric code that identifies your device on the Internet. This means that every time you visit this website you will need to enable or disable cookies again. I did not know anything about it.”The Cyprus News Agency contacted the US embassy in Cyprus, but it likewise declined comment.This website uses cookies to provide you with the best browsing experience.As is common practice with almost all professional websites, our site uses cookies, which are tiny files that are downloaded to your device, to improve your experience.This document describes what information they gather, how we use it and why we sometimes need to store these cookies. In addition, the TRNC Police Organization is included in the Security Forces.

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All Right Reserved. The main cookie used by Google Analytics is the ‘__ga’ cookie.In addition to reporting website usage statistics, Google Analytics can also be used, together with some of the advertising cookies, to help show more relevant ads on Google properties (like Google Search) and across the web and to measure interactions with the ads Google shows.Use of IP Addresses. It may use a set of cookies to collect information and report website usage statistics without personally identifying individual visitors to Google. For offensive, surveillance or humanitarian purposes?” asked Greens MP Giorgos Perdikis.As the pressure mounted, foreign minister Nicos Christodoulides accepted a summons to brief parliament on the issue.In a brief statement, the foreign ministry said Christodoulides agreed to appear before a House committee and answer questions.The House foreign affairs committee is scheduled to convene next on October 23.However, on that day Christodoulides will be attending the National Council meeting taking place at the presidential palace.Therefore the most likely date for the parliamentary briefing is October 30, chair of the House foreign affairs committee Giorgos Lillikas told the Cyprus Mail.Asked whether it would be an open or closed session, Lillikas said that it depended on the foreign minister.On Thursday, speculation that the US helicopters were based in Akrotiri, within the Sovereign Base Areas (SBAs) appeared to be confirmed when local media published screenshots taken from Google Earth.The photos purport to depict Apache and Chinook helicopters parked next to a hangar in Akrotiri.Andreas Pentaras, former head of the Secret Service was far more forthcoming.Speaking to the Sigma channel, he said that what is being referred to as a ‘base’ is more accurately a heliport at Akrotiri that dates back decades.“The satellite images depict a heliport that was built in the mid-1960s. Unfortunately, in most cases there are no industry standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to the site. When you accessed this website, our cookies were sent to your web browser and stored on your device. Designed and Developed by @2018 - PenNews. It is not the same as the concept of the British bases [in Cyprus] as we understand it.”According to Kasoulides, Cyprus and the United Kingdom have a courtesy agreement where the latter inform the government whenever the British bases host foreign military personnel or operations.“No one came to me to tell me about something like that. Therefore, it is recommended that you do not disable cookies.In some special cases we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties.