Cyprus’ proposed accession to the Schengen area will first and foremost enhance the country’s security, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Monday.
Allaying Turkish Cypriot and some Greek Cypriot concerns that the buffer zone would create a “hard border”, Christodoulides said joining Schengen would “enhance our country’s security”, which was the “main reason” the government took the political decision to do so in the first place.
Christodoulides recalled the reactions when
