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The Foreign Minister of Cyprus, Constantinos Kombos, volition wage a three-day (October 29-31) sojourn to India, the Ministry of External Affairs has announced. Mr. Kombos volition clasp a gathering with External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar astatine the Hyderabad House connected Thursday and present the 55th Sapru House Lecture astatine the Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA) aboriginal that day.
India-Cyprus relations received a boost this summertime erstwhile Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Nicosia and held talks with the President of Cyprus, Nikos Christodoulides, connected June 15-16. Official sources present highlighted that Cyprus has been 1 of the “most consistent” supporters of India connected the Kashmir issue, and it was besides among the archetypal countries that condemned the April 22 violent onslaught successful Pahalgam wherever 26 individuals were killed and dozens wounded.
The Republic of Cyprus has a long-standing territorial quality with Northern Cyprus (Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus), and the contented is expected to diagnostic successful the exchanges that Mr. Kombos volition person successful New Delhi. Sources present acknowledged that Turkiye’s support to Pakistan during Operation Sindoor provides a caller magnitude to India-Cyprus relations, arsenic this narration has an “irritant value” that tin beryllium utilized to antagonistic Turkiye’s ties with Pakistan. Apart from its narration with Pakistan, Turkiye has often taken up the Kashmir contented connected planetary platforms.
President Erdogan of Turkiye had reiterated Ankara’s presumption connected Kashmir connected September 24 astatine the United Nations General Assembly erstwhile helium welcomed the India-Pakistan ceasefire aft Operation Sindoor and called for resolving the Kashmir contented based connected “resolutions of the UN”.
Apart from the contented of Northern Cyprus, determination are different areas similar defence and multilateral practice that are apt to diagnostic successful talks during the enactment of Mr. Kombos successful New Delhi. Advancing its docket successful the Mediterranean region, India sent INS Trikhand, an Indian Navy stealth frigate to Cyprus connected 21 September 2025 arsenic portion of India’s subject diplomacy with Cyprus. Sources indicated that talks connected defence practice betwixt India and Cyprus are apt to diagnostic during the sojourn by Mr. Kombos.
