President of Cyprus Nikos Christodoulides had a telephone conversation with the President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed on Monday evening.
According to a written statement by Government Spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis, during the telephone call President Christodoulides expressed gratitude to the Sheikh for the UAE’s support to the Republic of Cyprus’ initiative “Amalthea” to create a maritime corridor to provide additional humanitarian aid to the civilian population in Gaza.
“The contribution of the UAE and personally of the Sheikh himself through the support of the initiative and also through the assistance of humanitarian aid was catalytic in terms of the implementation of the initiative” the Spokesman notes in his statement.
At the same time, the President of the Republic informed the Sheikh about the intensive preparations for providing additional flow of humanitarian aid to the civilian population of Gaza through the sea corridor, as an option that comes in addition t
o the existing and future land passages.
He also conveyed gratitude to UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan for the close cooperation and to the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the UAE Reem Al Hashimy for her personal involvement and decisive efforts, with which the Republic of Cyprus is in constant coordination for the next steps to increase the aid to be sent.
Finally, the President of the Republic extended to the Sheikh an invitation to welcome him to Cyprus.
Source: Cyprus News Agency
