No army on the Island?

DenizIsmail · Post by **DenizIsmail** » Mon 05 Sep 2016 1:30 pm

Taken from Cyprus mail today:

Anastasiades said that there would be no army on the island, however other security forces would be needed, such as a federal police, gendarmerie, a coast guard and an anti-terrorism force to secure Cyprus’ borders.

Turkey could be an ally of a reunited Cyprus, however, the island will have its own security forces but no army, President Nicos Anastasiades has said.

"COULD" be an Ally. Is that supposed to be a Joke? Turkey is a founding Guarantor of the island, and if that should change then Good Bye the Turkish Cypriots under an EU WITHOUT Turkey being a Full member. I hope our Turkish Cypriot delegation know exactly what they are doing as, as far I can see within my capacity as a former journalist and educated in International law, we are making a GRAVE mistake.

JBA · Post by **JBA** » Mon 05 Sep 2016 2:07 pm

If there will be no army on the island then what will they do with the 3,000 full time soldiers they are currently recruiting. And the anti-aircraft gear and the main battle tanks - maybe they will donate them to their new ally Turkey.

Bullsnil · Post by **Bullsnil** » Mon 05 Sep 2016 2:09 pm

Interesting didn't think the Cyprus Mail published on a Monday!

£eagle · Post by **£eagle** » Mon 05 Sep 2016 2:48 pm

I had heard that about 180,000 GCs who have done military service have, or have access to, an assault rifle. South Cyprus is the 5th most heavily armed - per capita - country in the world. That's a militia equal in size to the entire TC population. I wonder what will happen to all those guns.