Cyprus Highest Honor to PM Modi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been awarded the highest civilian honor of Cyprus. Cyprus President Nicos Christodolidase awarded him the ‘Grand Cross of the Order of Makaros III’, which is the biggest honor of the country. This honor has been given for strengthening bilateral relations and his contribution to global leadership.

PM Modi said- this is not mine, honor of the whole Indians
Regarding the highest honor of Cyprus, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, “President, ‘Grand Cross of the Order of Makios III’, I express my heartfelt gratitude to your, Cyprus government and the people there. This honor is not only of Narendra Modi but of 140 crore Indians. Is to respect Bhavna. “

PM Modi further said, “I dedicate this award to strong friendly relations, shared values ​​and mutual beliefs between India and Cyprus. On behalf of India, I accept this honor with humility and gratitude.

For the first time in two decades, an Indian Prime Minister’s visit to Cyprus
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was given a grand welcome at Rashtrapati Bhavan in Nicosia, the capital of Cyprus. He has arrived on a two -day official visit on the invitation of Cyprus President Nicos Christodaulides. This tour is also special because it is the first Cyprus visit of an Indian Prime Minister in the last twenty years. During this time, many important issues are to be discussed between PM Modi and President Christodaulids, which is expected to strengthen the bilateral relationship between the two countries.

India’s strategic message to Türkiye
This visit of Prime Minister Modi is also considered very important from strategic point of view. Türkiye has been occupied by the northern part of Cyprus for a long time and there has been tension between the two countries since 1974. Turkey is also alleged to have not only supported Pakistan during ‘Operation Sindoor’, but also provided drones for use against India. In such a situation, this visit of PM Modi is seen as giving a clear diplomatic message to Turkey that India is serious about its strategic interests and now the Mediterranean countries also hold a prominent place in the realm of its foreign policy.

PM Modi Cyprus Visit: What new geo-political equations are being formed in the Mediterranean Sea region due to the conflict between India-Pakistan and now Iran-Israel. This question is because Prime Minister Narendra Modi is also going to Cyprus on two day-to-day journey on 15-16 June while going to the G-7 summit. Cyprus has a figure of thirty -six from Türkiye (Turki). In such a situation, it is clear that India is now going to set up a wisdom of Türkiye through Cyprus. At the same time, Türkiye, which is the ultimate-friend of Pakistan and is notorious for plotting against India.

The special thing is that soon after attacking Iran on Friday (June 13), Israel sent all its passenger aircraft to Cyprus so that Iran’s retaliation would not be damaged by civil aviation. Similarly, Israel has sent its additional fighter jets to Greece to protect Iran’s attacks. In recent years, India has had close relations with Greece. During Operation Sindoor, Greece was one of the countries that supported India’s action.

India strongly used Israeli drones in Operation Sindoor

India and Israel’s close relations are not hidden from the world. During Operation Sindoor, India used the Israeli drone against Pakistan tremendously. Prime Minister Modi’s name was at the top of the global leaders of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after attacking Iran.

Cyprus supports India on the issue of Kashmir and terrorism

Cyprus has always stood with India on the issue of terrorism and Kashmir. In 1998, when India conducted a nuclear test in Pokhran, Cyprus was still standing with India. India has also been in favor of solving the Cyprus problem under the provisions of the United Nations and under international law. While Türkiye stands with Pakistan, India has emphasized on strengthening its relations with Cyprus.

The Turki and Cyprus dispute is decades old

Cyprus is a Mediterranean island south of Turkas, west of Syria and northwest of Israel. Greek and Ottoman minority live in Cyprus. There has been a long racial dispute between the two communities. In 1974, fighters associated with the Greek community attacked the island, after which Turkey attacked the island by pretending to protect the people of the Ottoman community. After this attack, Cyprus was divided into two parts after the incident, one of which has a Greek-sprus government and the other has control of the Ottoman-Syprus.

International recognized by Greek-sprus, but Ottoman-Ceresprass self-proclaimed nation

The Cyprus Republic of Greek-Syprus regime is recognized internationally. At the same time, the Ottoman Cyprus residents have given their area a self -proclaimed nation status, which only accepts the Turkas. The part of Cyprus and Turkish -occupied Cyprus separates a buffer zone with the United Nations patrolling.

Erdogan celebrated with Shahbaz after the Pahalgam attack

On the day when the terrorists killed Indian tourists on 22 April, Pakistani PM Shahbaz Sharif was present in the Turki. After the attack, where most of the countries of the world like America, Russia, France, Britain were condemning the terrorist attack, Shahbaz and Erdogan were seen smiling. Ankara, the capital of Türkiye, was hugging laughter. It seemed that the joy of killing 26 tourists was being celebrated. The picture of Erdogan and Shahbaz was fiercely criticized.

Turki had delivered drone consignment after Pahalgam massacre

Immediately after the Pahalgam attack, Pakistan filled a cargo ship and ordered a large consignment of drone from Turki. The Turkas and Chinese drones were included in which Pakistan launched the Bunyan Al Masroor against Operation Sindoor.

On 27 April, the Turki military aircraft C-130 Hercules also went to Pakistan. Between 7-10 May, Pakistan launched about one thousand drones on India. But everyone was killed by India’s air defense. Apart from this, after increasing tension in India and Pakistan, the Turki warship reached Karachi port on May 2.

Turki’s Bycott in India

Due to support to Pakistan during the drone attack, India has broken the Turki’s Aviation-Service Company Celebrate. Boycott has started as a tourist-destination of Turki in India. Many travel agencies have stopped booking for Turki. In such a situation, PM Modi’s plan to go to Cyprus is being considered as a big diplomatic step of India.