; (11) to support Cyprus’s efforts to better regulate its banking industry to ensure that it is not used as a source of international money laundering and encourage additional measures toward that end; (12) to encourage Cyprus and other relevant countries to ensure that investor citizenship schemes do not create security, money laundering, or tax evasion vulnerabilities; (13) to strongly oppose any actions that would trigger mandatory sanctions pursuant to section 231 of the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act ( Public Law 115–44 ), to include the purchase by Turkey of an S–400 missile defense system from the Russian Federation; (14) to continue robust official strategic dialogues with Israel, Greece, and Cyprus; (15) to urge countries in the region to deny port services to Russian vessels deployed to support the government of Bashar Al-Assad in Syria and terminate existing agreements granting Russian naval vessels access to ports; (16) to support joint military exercises among Israel, Greece, and Cyprus; (17) to fully implement relevant provisions of the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act ( Public Law 115–44 ) to prevent interference by the Government of the Russian Federation in the region; (18) to support efforts by countries in the region to demobilize military equipment supplied by the Government of the Russian Federation in favor of equipment provided by NATO and NATO-allied member countries