Why in the news?

• Cyprus Foreign Minister visited India, to advance the India–Cyprus strategic partnership.

Cyprus

• Location: It is an island country in the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
• Capital: Nicosia
• Share Maritime Border with Countries: Greece, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel and Palestine, Egypt.
• Climate
  • Cyprus is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after the Italian islands of Sicily and Sardinia
  • The region has Mediterranean climate