Threats of Turkish invasion should be taken very seriously: Official from Cyprus to Fox News

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s recent threat to invade Israel should not be taken lightly.  They do not betray Ankara’s continued regional ambitions, Konstantinos Letymbiotis, the official government spokesperson for Cyprus, told Fox News Digital. 

“Any threat being made publicly has to be taken very, very seriously here and we think that the international community cannot ignore or disregard the threats,” the official noted, adding that history itself has proven this.

According to him, respect for international law is fundamental, and all of us should be strongly committed to it. “Unfortunately, as a country, we have been experiencing for the last 50 years a continuous ongoing increase in illegal occupation of 37% of the Republic of Cyprus territory by Turkey. We know exactly the consequences of an illegal invasion, and we take every threat very seriously,” Letymbiotis noted. 

Erdoğan at the end of July said that Turkey “must be very strong so that Israel can’t do these ridiculous things to Palestine”.

“Just like we entered Karabakh, just like we entered Libya, we might do similar to them,” the Turkish president said.