Israel to export border surveillance technology to Cyprus
Israel’s military has extensive experience with border security surveillance in the West Bank.
Israel’s military signed a deal with Cyprus to build a new electronic surveillance system along the country’s demilitarized border with northern Cyprus.
The 27.5 million euro ($31.8 million) system will provide 24-hour video surveillance, spokesman for the Cypriot Defense Ministry Christos Piers told Cyprus News Agency. The project is expected to take three years to complete.
According to Cyprus’ Defense Ministry, the agreement was signed during a visit by the head of the Israeli Defense Ministry’s International Defense Cooperation Directorate, Yair Kulas.
The Mediterranean nation has been militarily and politically divided since 1974, when an invasion by Turkey amid intercommunal violence following a Greek-backed coup split the island in two.
