Based on Israel's close ties with Cyprus, with emphasis on mutual assistance in times of emergency, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, this evening (Saturday, 3 July 2021), approved that Israel would, tomorrow (Sunday, 4 July 2021), dispatch two firefighting planes and flame retardant material.

 

Foreign Minister Yair Lapid spoke with his counterpart, Cypriot Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides, and said that Israel would do everything it could to assist Cyprus in gaining control of the events.

 

Based on the existing cooperation agreement between the two countries' fire and rescue services, Public Security Minister Omer Bar-Lev and Fire and Rescue Commissioner Dedy Simhi considered the possibilities for assistance. Accordingly, planes from the National Fire and Rescue Authority squadron will leave tomorrow in order to assist the Cypriot and international forces in their efforts to extinguish the fires. The assistance has been coordinated by the Pubic Security Ministry and the Foreign Ministry, with the assistance of the Israeli Embassy in Cyprus.

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