Arms ship cargo stored at Cyprus army base.Byline: Anna Hassapi THE ARMS cargo aboard Monchegorsk was transported yesterday to Cypriot Navy base Antistratigos Evaggelos Florakis at Mari, where it will be stored. The transport operation started yesterday morning, under strict security conditions and a strong presence by police special forces and the National Guard. "It has been decided that the ship's cargo, subject to sanctions Sanctions is the plural of sanction. Depending on context, a sanction can be either a punishment or a permission. The word is a contronym. Sanctions involving countries: The decision to unload To remove a program from memory or take a tape or disk out of its drive. the cargo was taken on Thursday evening, after a meeting at the Ministry of Defense, which is responsible for handling the transport and storage process. A general meeting of all involved stakeholders Stakeholders All parties that have an interest, financial or otherwise, in a firm-stockholders, creditors, bondholders, employees, customers, management, the community, and the government. took place at Limassol Port Limassol New Port Although a title held by Famagusta Port for centuries, Limassol Port has now become the principal seaport in Cyprus. This was largely a direct result of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974 leaving the port of Famagusta within occupied territory and to discuss the operational details. At 6am yesterday the Monchegosrk docked at Limassol Port and its cargo was unloaded. By 8am the cargo was being placed on the trucks of a private company, commissioned with delivering the cargo to Mari naval base A naval base primarily for support of the forces afloat, contiguous to a port or anchorage, consisting of activities or facilities for which the Navy has operating responsibilities, together with interior lines of communications and the minimum surrounding area necessary for local . A total of 98 containers aboard the ship were transported to the naval bus by on 15 trucks. Convoys of three trucks, escorted by two police patrol cars made their way back and forth on the Limassol-Nicosia motorway to transport the entire cargo. Limassol Port and various points along the motorway were guarded by anti-riot police MAAD and National Guardsmen, while a Fire Service vehicle and an ambulance were present at the port throughout the operation. While the cargo was unloaded, Monchegorsk was guarded by a Port Authority vessel. The arms cargo was unloaded in a specially-formulated cement base, constructed over the last few days for the purpose of storing the cargo at the naval base. Minister of Defense Costas Papacostas visited the army base yesterday to inspect the work taking place. Meanwhile, Kyprianou clarified that the decision to keep the cargo in Cyprus was in line with the ruling of the UN Sanctions Committee, and that any country objecting to the decision would have to answer to the UN. "Turkey cannot question the fact that the Republic of Cyprus is fulfilling its obligations to the UN," he said. On his return yesterday from a visit to Russia, Kyprianou also said that Russia had no objections to Cyprus' handling of the matter. "Russia's position is that Cyprus, Russia and all other UN members have an obligation to adhere to adhere to verb 1. follow, keep, maintain, respect, observe, be true, fulfil, obey, heed, keep to, abide by, be loyal, mind, be constant, be faithful 2. UN resolutions and Russia never intervened to prevent us from fulfilling our obligations," he said. Copyright Cyprus Mail Cyprus Mail is a Cypriot English-language newspaper. It is published daily (except Mondays) and a number of articles are available online. Its current chief editor is Kosta Pavlowitch. The managing director is Kyriakos Iacovides. 2009 Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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