Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos was in Israel on Thursday as part efforts to promote Cyprus’ proposal to establish a maritime humanitarian corridor to the besieged Gaza Strip.
According to the foreign ministry, Kombos will be received by Israeli President Isaac Herzog and will have a meeting with his Israeli counterpart Eli Cohen.
His contacts are expected to focus on the situation in the region following the terrorist attacks by Hamas on October 7, and Israel’s military response that has created a humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
During his visit, Kombos will also meet with the staff of the Cyprus embassy in Tel Aviv.
Kombos outlined Cyprus’ proposal during the EU Foreign Affairs Council held in Brussels on Monday.
The foreign minister referred to a “concrete implementation plan with immediate, medium and long-term solutions, as well as technical arrangements” as presented last week in Paris by President Nikos Christodoulides.
Cyprus’ detailed 25-page plan had gone through all the scenarios in depth, the government has said. There was a short-term, medium-term and long-term scenario of how aid could safely reach Gaza.
The short term concerns the transfer of aid from Larnaca to the beach in Gaza via landing craft. The medium-term plan was the creation of a floating platform, which was also being considered, and in the long term, the creation of a closed port in the wider area. The contribution of other states would be necessary to accomplish the goals.
Also a group of technocrats returned from last week and were accompanying the foreign minister on his trip on Thursday after announcements would be made in the coming days.
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