The growing partnership between Cyprus and the US is a strategic commitment to security, stability and peace in the region, said the US Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs, responsible for European and Euro-Asian issues, James O'Brien, and Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador, Andreas Kakouris (the speech was read by Thessalia Salina Shambos, Political Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs) at the conclusion of the First Strategic Dialogue between Cyprus and the United States, which took place at the Presidential Palace in Nicosia.