The Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulidessaid that on the sidelines of the Summit at Sharm El Sheikh he discussed with the US President Donald Trump The Cyprus issue exclusively, confirming Nicosia’s focus on international mobilization of the current context. The meeting was held yesterday, with the signing of a ceasefire text and international support for Gaza.
“Amalthea” and a new Cypriot plan
President Christodoulides recalled that Cyprus had presented in Paris since October 2023, the “Amalthea” initiative for a maritime humanitarian corridor to Gaza, which evolved in the following years into a basic assistance channel. In Sharm El Sheikh submitted an updated plan with six targeted three axes (safety, rebuilding, humanitarian support) in line with the 20 -point plan of the US President.
Contacts with Brussels and partners
According to a statement from the Cyprus Presidency, the document with the six proposals has already been sent to the European Commission, EU Member States and interested international actors. President Christodoulides personally briefed the President of the Commission, stressing that the EU’s contribution would be critical to the implementation of the first stage of the agreement and the passage to the second.
Yesterday’s ceremony at Sharm El Sheikh captured the effort to stabilize with a wide international participation. Despite the absence of the Israeli prime minister, Washington and the regional mediators proceeded with the official ratification, with a total plan of twenty points for the next day in Gaza. The challenges remain, but the juncture creates a window for practical steps in security, degeneration, infrastructure and mass humanitarian benefit.
Nicosia emphasizes that Cyprus, as the only EU Member State in the immediate neighborhood of the crisis, has a practical role to play: proximity, infrastructure, networks and political relations with all sides. The “Amalthea” initiative has served as a humanitarian mediation tool and the new beam of six initiatives aims to turn the truce into a European footprint stabilization, in full coordination with Washington and regional mediators.
Simon Aykut Case: Assumption of Regulatory guilt
Nikos Christodoulidis, called upon to comment on the assumption of guilt of Turkish-Israeli Simon Aykut for a series of accusations involving Greek Cypriot assets in the occupied territories, avoided comments so as not to intervene in justice. He noted, however, that evolution justifies the government’s phenomenon policy. Aykut acknowledged forty charges, with a sentence expected in the coming days. It is a milestone in a long and complex affair that touches the heart of the issue of Greek Cypriot property in the occupied territories.
Manolis Kalatzis