Because the Authorities Spokesperson talked about, the statements of the Ministry of Israel transports don’t concern the transport of Israeli nationals to Cyprus, however the transport of Israeli nationals to Israel
The statements of the Minister of Transport of Israel don’t concern the switch of residents of Israel to Cyprus, however the switch of residents of Israel to Israel, the Authorities Spokesman, Konstantinos Letymiotis, stated on Monday, after the tip of the session of the Council of Ministers on the Presidential Palace.
Requested to touch upon a press release by Israel's Ministry of Transport concerning the utilization of ships from Cyprus to assist Israelis stranded overseas, Mr. Letymiotis stated that this report refers to statements by Israel's Ministry of Transport about utilization by the Ministry of Israel ships to assist Israeli residents overseas return to Israel.
He added that in any case this issues a constitution from the State of Israel and never from the Republic of Cyprus. He famous that this can’t be associated to the “Hestia” plan, which he stated is about evacuations of residents from harmful zones.
“We notice that in these essential moments the positions of the Republic of Cyprus are expressed by itself in essentially the most official approach”, stated Mr. Letympiotis.
He additional defined that “the statements of the Minister of Transport of Israel don’t concern the transport of Israeli residents to Cyprus. They concern the transportation of Israeli nationals to Israel by itself ships. I perceive it isn’t in session with the Republic of Cyprus. We’re at present nonetheless targeted on making ready for any activation of the Hestia Plan,” stated the Spokesperson.
He added that Cyprus has already accepted requests and if and when the necessity arises, the “Estia” plan might be activated.
“We’re monitoring the scenario. The hope and need of all of us is that there might be no additional escalation of the disaster within the area”, he stated.
Requested if the developments within the area have an effect on the problem of the hall from Cyprus for the availability of humanitarian assist to Gaza, the Spokesperson stated that “when there’s escalation and additional escalation within the area, the problem of safety is a elementary situation within the implementation of the humanitarian hall ».
In fact, he continued, the humanitarian wants in Gaza – as I'm positive you understand – haven’t gone away. “We’ll proceed so long as safety situations permit. However security is a key situation which is taken very critically,” he concluded.