foreign ministry published two weeks before russias invasion found a vast majority of respondents supported neutrality and only 6 were against itthe times of malta newspaper on wednesday reported that irish president michael higgins during a state visit stressed the idea of positive neutrality and joined maltese president george vella in condemning the war in ukrainecypruscyprus relations with the united states have grown considerably over the last decade but any idea of nato membership remains off the table at least for nowthe ethnically split island nations president said saturday that its much to early to even contemplate such a move that would invariably meet rival turkeys strong oppositionmany cypriots particularly those on the political left continue to blame nato for the islands de facto partition after turkish forces invaded in the mid1970s turkey was a nato member at the time and the alliance did nothing to prevent the military actionstalwart nato member britain has two sovereign military bases on cyprus which host a sophisticated listening post on the east coast that is cooperated by us personnelcyprus also wants to maintain a veneer of neutrality and has allowed russian warships to resupply at cypriot ports although that privilege was suspended after war in ukraine began