Christodoulides calls on EU to show more solidarity with Gulf states

President Nikos Christodoulides on Friday called on the European Union to show more solidarity with Gulf states amid an escalating conflict between Yemen’s Saudi-backed government and its Iranian-backed Houthi movement, which has seen missiles and drones fall in neighbouring countries.

A summit of the European Union and the Gulf Cooperation Council, which had been due to take place next week, was rescheduled in light of that conflict, with Saudi Arabia’s capital, Riyadh, the planned host...