Cyprus’ president says country is ready to ship aid to Gaza

Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides says the country is ready to begin shipping aid to Gaza (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

Cyprus is ready to “immediately” begin shipping large quantities of humanitarian aid to Gaza in vessels that can navigate shallow water once conditions on the ground allow for it, the president of the east Mediterranean island nation said on Monday.

President Nikos Christodoulides said his country’s proposal for a maritime corridor from the port of Larnaca to Gaza is the “only one currently being discussed on an international level” as a feasible way to significantly supplement the trickle of aid getting into the enclave through Egypt’s Rafah border checkpoint.