Netanyahu asks for trilateral postponement

The trilateral summit slated to take place on January 8 between Cyprus, Greece and Israel was postponed on Tuesday to a date set to be later announced.

The reason stems from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s attendance in parliament (Knesset) which is set to vote on a crucial bill which will see convenience stores closed on Shabbat, according to Times of Israel.

Cyprus, Greece and Israel had earlier announced the trilateral would involve signing an agreement designed to combat marine pollution, a deal marked by Agriculture Minister Nicos Kouyialis as “significant”.

The Cyprus Mail is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Cyprus. It was established in 1945 and today, with its popular and widely-read website, the Cyprus Mail is among the most trusted news sites in Cyprus. The newspaper is not affiliated with any political parties and has always striven to maintain its independence. Over the past 70-plus years, the Cyprus Mail, with a small dedicated team, has covered momentous events in Cyprus’ modern history, chronicling the last gasps of British colonial rule, Cyprus’ truncated independence, the coup and Turkish invasion, and the decades of negotiations to stitch the divided island back together, plus a myriad of scandals, murders, and human interests stories that capture the island and its -people. Observers describe it as politically conservative.