Nicosia activates the ESTIA Special National Plan regarding the reception and repatriation of foreign citizens from an area under crisis, through the territory of the Republic of Cyprus. A press release issued by the Foreign Ministry said that the Republic of Cyprus has the intention of offering in this framework facilities to friendly countries for the repatriation of their citizens from Sudan through Cyprus. According to the press release, in the framework of the ongoing efforts of evacuating Cypriots but also other nationals from Sudan, Foreign Minister, Constantinos Kombos, convened on Tuesday the Ministerial Group for Crisis Management, comprising Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Defence, the Interior and Justice and Public Order. The Ministerial Group decided to activate the ESTIA Special National Plan for the reception and repatriation of foreign citizens from an area under crisis, through the territory of the Republic of Cyprus, it is noted. The Republic of Cyprus has the intention of offering in this framework facilities to friendly countries for the repatriation of their citizens from Sudan through Cyprus, the press release added.
Source: Cyprus News Agency