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ITONGADOL/AJN AGENCY.- The president of Cyprus, Nikos Christodoulides, traveled to Israel on Sunday to promote the implementation of the agreement between both countries on the joint development of the Aphrodite gas deposit.
However, Christodoulides doubted whether to continue his plans after the launch of Hutíes missiles from Yemen against Ben-Gurion airport.
Finally, he decided to move forward with his agenda, because one of the main objectives of his visit was to boost bilateral relations, but his flight was delayed by the temporary closure of the airport.
As Cyprus next year he will assume the presidency of the European Union Council, Christodoulides was criticized by some leaders of other European states for traveling to Israel in the middle of the war in Gaza.
In Israel, there is also a delicate issue related to Shimon Mistriel Aykout, an Israeli who has been detained in Cyprus for nine months for his alleged participation in a multimillion -dollar real estate scam and who has not received any help from the Israeli government.
In addition, the Turkish occupation of northern Chipre has been aggravated by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who on Saturday, at the inauguration of the Presidential Complex of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, declared that Turkey would not trade with the Grecochipriot region of the island.
Interestingly, on Sunday afternoon, Christodoulides, just before meeting with President Isaac Herzog, was received by a small group of protesters who carried printed banners while shouting: “Fundamental human rights! Freedom for Shimon!” It is very rare for Herzog to receive the presidents of two other countries on the same day. In the morning, he received the president of Ecuador, Daniel Noboa.
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