NICOSIA, Cyprus: A second shipment of aid will be sent from Cyprus to Gaza in the coming days, its foreign minister said on Wednesday (Mar 13), citing growing acceptance the island could play a pivotal role in delivering supplies by sea to the shattered Palestinian enclave.
Open Arms members carry humanitarian aid for Gaza in a joint mission between NGOs Open Arms and World Central Kitchen at a port of Larnaca, Cyprus, on Mar 9, 2024. NICOSIA, Cyprus: A second shipment of aid will be sent from Cyprus to Gaza in the coming days, its foreign minister said on Wednesday , citing growing acceptance the island could play a pivotal role in delivering supplies by sea to the shattered Palestinian enclave.
Further steps on coordinating seaborne aid will be addressed in a conference call later on Wednesday with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, British counterpart David Cameron, United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed, and a representative of the European Commission, according to Kombos.
She was speaking at a warehouse on the outskirts of Larnaca where aid workers were packing tinned food onto pallets. The United States is pressing Israel, which invaded Gaza after Hamas' cross-border attack on Oct 7 and maintained a tight siege since,
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