Through the European Civil Protection Mechanism, the first shipment of medicines for the earthquake victims in Syria, provided by Medochemie, is being flown today, Thursday, 16 February 2023, by Cyprus Airways. This shipment will arrive in Beirut and from there it will be transferred to Syria, under the responsibility of the European Mechanism.
Tomorrow, Friday, 17 February, another consignment of medicines, donated by the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Cyprus, will also leave for Beirut.
At the same time, the collection of humanitarian aid items from the collection centres operating throughout the country began yesterday, with the assistance of the National Guard. The campaign, which ends tomorrow, is carried out in cooperation with the Civil Defence and the Cyprus Red Cross and in coordination with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the relevant State Services, local authorities, organisations and agencies. The items will be collected at a site near Limassol Port, where they will be prepared to be sent to Syria and Turkey, through routes indicated by the European Civil Protection Mechanism.
(PM/MB/SX)
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