Key facts
- France and Cyprus will sign a status of forces agreement on Monday.
- The agreement permits France to station troops on the island of Cyprus.
- The deal was confirmed by two senior Cypriot government officials.
France and Cyprus are poised to sign a status of forces agreement on Monday, according to two senior Cypriot government officials who spoke with POLITICO. This bilateral accord will grant France the authorization to establish a military troop presence on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. The specifics of the agreement and the scale of the potential troop deployment were not detailed in the report.