Month: June 2021

The UK Foreign Minister for the European Neighbourhood Wendy Morton has rejected any suggestion of direct flights to the Turkish occupied part of Cyprus being authorised by the British government.

“In line with the rest of the international community, with the sole exception of Turkey, the UK does not recognise the self-declared ‘Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus’ as an independent state, and Ercan airport in the north of Cyprus is not recognised by the International Civil Aviation Organisation as an international airport. As a result, we cannot negotiate an Air Services Agreement with the administration in the north of Cyprus, so there are no direct flights,” was Mrs Morton’s response to a relevant parliamentary question.

Source: Cyprus News Agency

The Foreign Ministers of Greece and Cyprus had a telephone conversation on Tuesday morning.

As Nikos Dendias said in a tweet, the discussion concerned the Cyprus problem and Euro-Turkish relations. “In a telephone conversation with the Foreign Minister of Cyprus, Nikos Christodoulides, we discussed the Cyprus problem and Euro-Turkish relations”, the Greek Foreign Minister said.

Source: Cyprus News Agency

President of the Republic of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades has sent his warmest congratulations to Israel for forming a government, noting he looks forward to closely working together in furthering the rock-solid Cyprus-Israel strategic partnership.

The President wrote in his twitter account “my warmest congratulations to Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Alternate PM/FM Yair Lapid for forming a government. Looking forward to closely working together in furthering the rock-solid Cyprus-Israel strategic partnership to the advantage of our region and beyond”

Meanwhile, Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides sent on Monday his warmest congratulations to Yair Lapid on assuming his duties as Alternate Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Israel.

Source: Cyprus News Agency

Cyprus’ Ministry of Health recalled on Tuesday the measures taken to limit the possibility of coronavirus variants entering the country in view of the increase of passengers for the summer season.

In a press release it says that countries are listed in green, orange, red and grey categories according to their epidemiological data. For the grey category countries, entry into the Republic of Cyprus is only allowed for specific categories of passengers.

To enter Cyprus one must either present a vaccination certificate (completion of the vaccination scheme and two weeks after the last dose) or present a negative PCR test.

It says that for arrivals from India (grey category), and due to the extremely aggravated epidemiological situation due to the In

Source: Cyprus News Agency

Cyprus` Ministry of Health recalled on Tuesday the measures taken to limit the possibility of coronavirus variants entering the country in view of the increase of passengers for the summer season.

In a press release it says that countries are listed in green, orange, red and grey categories according to their epidemiological data. For the grey category countries, entry into the Republic of Cyprus is only allowed for specific categories of passengers.

Source: Cyprus News Agency

Minister of Defence, Charalambos Petrides described on Monday the role of the Joint Rescue Coordination Center (JRCC) as crucial, noting that it is one of the most modern Centers in Europe.

The Minister of Defence and Minister of Transport, Communications and Works, Yiannis Karousos, attended on Monday the inauguration ceremony of the new facilities of the JRCC in Larnaka.

In his address, Petrides noted that in recent years, the Republic of Cyprus has attributed great importance in the development of a reliable and capable Search and Rescue System, being fully aware of its obligations arising from the Conventions and Regulations of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) and the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), as well as from the exploitation of the resources within its Exclusive Economic Zone.

Source: Cyprus News Agency

Presidential Commissioner Photis Photiou held on Monday a meeting with Deputy Minister of Diaspora of Romania, Oana Ursache.

According to a press release by the Presidency, this was the fifth meeting held after the signing of the Bilateral Memorandum of Cooperation on Diaspora Issues in December 2018. It adds that the expansion of the cooperation between the two countries on diaspora issues contributes significantly to the enhancement of the relations between Cyprus and Romania.

Source: Cyprus News Agency

Cyprus’ President Nicos Anastasiades had a telephone conversation with Greece’s Prime Minister, in view of Kyriakos Mitsotakis meeting this afternoon with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

According to government sources, the President asked the Greek Prime Minister to convey to the Turkish President the position of the Cypriot side that Turkey should stop its actions in Varosha, Famagusta, which violate UN Security Council resolutions. He also asked him to convey that no solution is acceptable for the Cyprus issue other than that of the bi-zonal bi-communal federation, something that should be taken into account in case of a new informal five-party summit on the Cyprus issue.

Source: Cyprus News Agency