Two more flights are expected on Monday evening with people who were evacuated from Sudan, Spokesman of Cyprus’ Foreign Ministry, Theodoros Gotsis told CNA. According to Gotsis, so far, 2,200 people have arrived from Sudan, while 2,100 have left Cyprus. Two more flights are expected tonight, he said. Earlier, Gotsis, tweeted about the wok carried out through the Cyprus Joint Rescue Coordination Centre, for facilitating the humanitarian evacuation operations from Sudan, ‘and the swift repatriation of citizens from 26 countries’, while also expressing ‘huge appreciation to all Embassies and the partners for our cooperation’, at the ZENON Coordination Centre during the past week. ‘We continue together!’, he said. Cyprus activated on Tuesday, April 25, the National Plan ESTIA for the reception and repatriation of foreign citizens from an area in crisis through the territory of the Republic of Cyprus, offering facilities to friendly countries for the repatriation of their nationals from Sudan through Cyprus.
Source: Cyprus News Agency