"Why not give them money instead of giving them weapons"

Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu evaluated the US’s decision to lift the arms embargo against the Greek Cypriot side.

Referring to a statement put forward. “it was a reward for cooperation on money laundering” Çavuşoğlu asked the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, "Do you not have anything besides your weapons?" "Why don’t you give them money?

They love money.Why are you giving them weapons?Who are you responding to with these weapons?", Çavuşoğlu asked. "We will send more forces to protect Turkish Cypriots, and we will meet whatever their needs are in terms of weapons," Çavuşoğlu said in response to the US’s decision.