BRUSSELS, March 16 – Cyprus will proceed with hosting European Union informal council meetings in person from April through June, according to the island nation’s Energy Minister Michael Damianos, who made the announcement Monday.
The Mediterranean country, currently serving its term as the rotating EU presidency, had shifted all March gatherings to virtual formats or delayed them following a drone attack on a British military installation amid heightened tensions involving Iran earlier this month. Government officials from Cyprus identified the weapon as a Shahed drone manufactured in Iran, believed to have been deployed by the Iran-supported Hezbollah organization operating from Lebanese territory.
Speaking before a European foreign affairs gathering in Brussels, Damianos declared: “Things are all back to normal. All business, including your business resumes and all informal councils to be held in Cyprus between April and June will be held in the normal way.”
