Cyprus, Greece and Israel signed Tuesday an agreement on the implementation of a sub-regional emergency action plan aimed at addressing oil spill pollution in the Mediterranean.
The agreement was signed on the margins of the fourth trilateral meeting of the leaders of the three countries, held in Nicosia today, a press release from the Press and Information Office said.
“The agreement aims at protecting the environment of the Mediterranean in the region of the three countries, through preventing and combating pollution in the Mediterranean Sea,” said the announcement.
The emergency action plan establishes a mechanism of mutual aid, based on which the authorities of the three countries would cooperate to address marine pollution incidents, that could affect the marine or coastal area of one or more countries or incidents which could be beyond the capabilities of each country separately.