Smiles on the faces of 48 children from Ukraine, at the Ministry of Education's summer camp in Prodromos, with the Minister of Education expressing his joy and the Ukrainian Ambassador expressing his gratitude to our country.
Prodromos Prodromou and Ruslan Nimchynskyi were at the summer camp of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Prodromos at noon and had the opportunity to talk to the children and their four teachers, underlining the ties of friendship between the two countries.
In his remarks, Prodromou said that "this move by the Ministry of Education to host, in a camp of the Ministry, children from Ukraine, epitomizes the feelings of the entire Cyprus, the entire Cypriot people and, of course, the Government".
These children, he continued, are given the opportunity, in this beautiful part of Cyprus, to experience some days of relaxation and entertainment, away from the horrible experience of war, away from the agony.
"From the very first moment we have done everything we can and embraced the refugees who come here and who are forced to leave their country," he said, stressing that "historically the ties between Cyprus and Ukraine are very close and especially the ties between Hellenism and Ukraine."
In addition, he pointed out, as Cypriots who have lived through the same experience of invasion, we feel their pain and we "underline and remind them of that."
Prodromos Prodromou expressed his joy because "in addition to the state services and what we have done and what we are planning to do to have a few thousand children from Ukraine in our schools in September, we will give them the opportunity to continue their own structured Ukrainian programme, which is done remotely."
"We want the people of Ukraine to know that Cyprus is a hospitable place, we feel brotherly towards them, as well as the whole EU," the Minister said, expressing his wish and hope that the war will end as soon as possible.
For his part, Ukrainian Ambassador Ruslan Nimchynskyi expressed his joy at seeing the happy faces of the Ukrainian children and his "deep gratitude on behalf of the Ukrainian people and the Embassy to Minister Prodromos Prodromou".
The hosting of these children in the Ministry's camps, he said, continues the extremely friendly relations between the two countries and the feelings of friendship of the thousands of Ukrainians in Cyprus.
He said that the Ukrainian people are grateful to the Republic of Cyprus for its hospitality and its efforts to create the best possible living conditions, as well as for the humanitarian aid it provides, which, he said, so far exceeds 230 tonnes of medicines, clothes, food and medical equipment.
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