The collection of humanitarian aid for the earthquake-stricken areas of Turkey and Syria will resume on Monday at the warehouses of the Ports Authority, near the port of Limassol.
The warehouses will remain closed during the weekend.
Director of Limassol Port, Panagiotis Agathocleous told CNA that no humanitarian aid will be received during the weekend.
“The collection of humanitarian aid will resume on Monday and is expected to continue until Tuesday. By then, it will become clear how the aid will be transported to the affected areas, as we are awaiting instructions from the EU Civil Protection Mechanism”, Agathocleous added.
Clothing, personal hygiene items and food that have been collected during the past week at collection centers operating throughout the government-controlled areas of Cyprus, were transported by National Guard trucks to the warehouses “Amathus Aegeas” company under the coordination of the Cyprus Ports Authority.
“The Cyprus Ports Authority is collaborating with the Commissioner for the Citizens, the National Guard, the Civil Defence, and Amathus Aegeas, which provided the space for the collection and sorting of aid and to be prepared for shipment to the earthquake-stricken areas,” Agathocleous said.
Source: Cyprus News Agency