Sec. 3. Statement of policy
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It is the policy of the United States— to continue to actively participate in the trilateral dialogue on energy, maritime security, cyber security and protection of critical infrastructure conducted among Israel, Greece, and Cyprus; to support diplomatic efforts with partners and allies to deepen energy security cooperation among Israel, Greece, and Cyprus and encourage the private sector to make investments in energy infrastructure in the Eastern Mediterranean; to strongly support the completion of the Trans Adriatic pipeline and the Eastern Mediterranean pipeline and the establishment of liquified natural gas
(LNG)terminals across the Eastern Mediterranean as a means of diversifying regional energy needs away from the Russian Federation; to maintain a robust United States naval presence and investments in the naval facility at Souda Bay, Greece, and develop deeper security cooperation with Greece; to welcome Greece’s commitment to move forward with the Interconnector Greece-Bulgaria (IGB pipeline) and additional LNG terminals that will help facilitate delivery of non-Russian gas to the Balkans and central Europe; to continue to support efforts to reach a comprehensive settlement to reunify Cyprus as a bizonal, bicommunal federation and urge all parties to intensify their work on behalf of peace; to deepen security cooperation with Cyprus, potentially including lifting current restrictions on the export of defense articles and services to Cyprus; to support robust International Military Education and Training
(IMET)programing with Greece and Cyprus; to leverage relationships within NATO and the European Union to encourage investments in Cypriot border and maritime security; to support efforts to counter Russian interference and influence in the Eastern Mediterranean through increased security cooperation with Israel, Greece, and Cyprus, to include intelligence sharing, cyber cooperation, and maritime domain awareness; to support Cyprus’s efforts to better regulate its banking industry to ensure that it is not used as a source of international money laundering and encourage additional measures toward that end; to encourage Cyprus and other relevant countries to ensure that investor citizenship schemes do not create security, money laundering, or tax evasion vulnerabilities; to strongly oppose any actions that would trigger mandatory sanctions pursuant to section 231 of the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act ( Public Law 115–44 ), to include the purchase by Turkey of an S–400 missile defense system from the Russian Federation; to continue robust official strategic dialogues with Israel, Greece, and Cyprus; to urge countries in the region to deny port services to Russian vessels deployed to support the government of Bashar Al-Assad in Syria and terminate existing agreements granting Russian naval vessels access to ports; to support joint military exercises among Israel, Greece, and Cyprus; to fully implement relevant provisions of the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act ( Public Law 115–44 ) to prevent interference by the Government of the Russian Federation in the region; to support efforts by countries in the region to demobilize military equipment supplied by the Government of the Russian Federation in favor of equipment provided by NATO and NATO-allied member countries; and to strongly support the active and robust participation of Israel, Greece, and Cyprus in the Combatting Terrorism Fellowship Program.
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