"Illegal" Turkish Drilling: France will send a frigate to Cyprus waters

[Vergennes]

Italy might also send ship(s).

 

[maximuswarrior]

But that won't get Pakistan out of FATF grey list.

LOL at grey list. Weren't you claiming that India was going to put Pakistan on black list? Why the sudden downgrade to grey list?

Let me tell you a little secret. The times of grey, black and pink lists is over. You cannot blackmail nations. Nations that mean business do whatever needs to be done. Look at Russia. They snatched Crimea. Look at Turkey. They are punishing Western proxy PKK. Look at Iran. Look at China. I could go on. You cannot threaten Pakistan with any list.

If your list threat were real Pakistan would have been added ages ago. We know where these fake threats are coming from. Rapeland India cannot achieve any success in this regard.

 

[Rafi]

Nothing gonna happen, it's all PR.

 

[maximuswarrior]

Nothing gonna happen, it's all PR.

They can't do shit. Nations that mean business prove it by their actions. They don't resort to hypothetical media speculations.

 

[IndianGuy_]

LOL at grey list. Weren't you claiming that India was going to put Pakistan on black list? Why the sudden downgrade to grey list?

Let me tell you a little secret. The times of grey, black and pink lists is over. Yku cannot blackmail nations. Nations that mean business do whatever needs to be done. Look at Russia. Look at Turkey. Look at Iran. Look at China. You cannot threaten Pakistan with any list.

It's all okay to be emotional, but you really need to read up how sanctions have crippled Iran and Russia in the past and continue to do so.

You as a citizen can feel good by saying, this won't matter that won't matter. We are the greatest. But people in higher ups can't afford to do that. These list matter big deal because it puts Pakistan in a place where they won't get money from IMF. Sure China will come bail you out, but that only puts you more under their thumb.

If it didn't matter, Pakistan wouldn't be working hard on guidelines set by APG. Now would they?

 

[Damir877]

I'am sure this has nothing to do with French Total SA and Italian Eni Spa's recent agreement with southern cyprus to start drilling over there.

 

[Max]

Have you bailed out the Kurds yet?

PKK, YPG terrorist groups would be better word instead of Kurds.

 

[masterchief_mirza]

PKK, YPG terrorist groups would be better word instead of Kurds.

My apologies.

 

[OldenWisdom...قول بزرگ]

Years ago my French teacher said a French idiom “être la tête de Turc” or like the head of Turk... more apt one would be the head of a french... holding historic grudges where Turks haven't really gotten even or even tried to even the score with French.

 

[Vergennes]

Cyprus plans Mari naval base expansion to host French Navy ships

French Navy Forbin frigate in Cypriot waters during the Argonaut 2016 joint naval exercise (Credit: French Navy)

Cyprus plans to expand a navy base on the south shores to be able to host French navy vessels, Defense Minister Savvas Angelides said on Wednesday. "The expansion of the base at Mari is linked to the military cooperation agreement with France," Angelides told a press conference.

Earlier this month, Angelides signed a letter of intent with his French counterpart Florence Parly during a visit to Paris. The document provides for the use of the Evangelos Florakis naval base in Mari in southern coastal Cyprus by the French navy, a project on which Cyprus and France have been holding consultations since last year.

As part of Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO), the EU’s joint military investment and project development program, Cyprus has set the upgrading of its infrastructure as a priority, Angelides said.

“Our concern is to have this infrastructure that will be used by the Republic of Cyprus, used by the EU as part of this policy and at the end of the day to make it clear to everyone that Cyprus has a role to play in this region,” Angelides said.

Angelides said that on top of the ministry’s list of priorities is the reinforcement of bilateral relations and military cooperation with other states, which includes regional cooperation, improving relations with the USA and the EU, and search and rescue operations.

He also said his ministry aims to strengthen the National Guard’s operation capability, reform and reorganize the department and the army command and maximize utilization of available fiscal resources.

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-new...val-base-expansion-to-host-french-navy-ships/

 

[dBSPL]

We are in 2019 and look at French overseas territories aka colonies ... Puppet administrations(aka banana republics) are not even included in this map. Exploiting many undeveloped countries resources, conducting genocides (ie Algeria), supporting Armenian ASALA terrorist organization; France can not give democracy and human rights lessons to Turkey..

 

[waz]

Pakistan is ready to fight France beware

Super strong India is ready to take anyone down, they now have one Rafale, which will save them from another air war humiliation.

 

[SirHatesALot]

Super strong India is ready to take anyone down, they now have one Rafale, which will save them from another air war humiliation.

Why would we fight this doesn't concern us

 

[waz]

Why would we fight this doesn't concern us

So why did you mention Pakistan? Rafale fever has really got to you folks....

 

[SirHatesALot]

So why did you mention Pakistan? Rafale fever has really got to you folks....

because of your fellow Pakistanis commenting out of something other than their mouth