The details of Cyprus’ role in Gaza’s future will become clearer in time as the facts on the ground evolve alongside the implementation of US President Donald Trump’s peace deal for the strip, government sources said on Tuesday.

“Right now, our priority and our wish is for President Trump’s peace plan to be fully implemented and to be respected by all parties. From there, we will see how we can contribute and how we can help and we will offer what we can,” they told the Cyprus Mail.

The comments came after President Nikos Christodoulides had said on Sunday that he wanted “Cypriot companies to have a role in the reconstruction” of Gaza, before travelling to Egypt’s Sharm El-Sheikh on Monday to attend a summit on the strip’s future.

He returned from that summit speaking of “six initiatives the Republic of Cyprus can undertake” based on Trump’s 20-point plan for Gaza’s future.

While the sources were unwilling to divulge those initiatives, they said they were based on three subjects: security, humanitarian aid and reconstruction.

They said the six initiatives had been submitted in the form of a letter to the European Union and the United Nations in Sharm El-Sheikh, while copies had also been distributed to the summit’s other attendees.

The letter, they said, spoke of how Cyprus can “utilise our geographical position” to contribute to the future of Gaza, “just as we did for the Amalthea initiative”.

“Right now, there are no details, as the details will come about based on how and when we are needed and how the peace plan is implemented. Based on the plan, and based on the implementation of the plan, the details will come later,” they said.

“We are basically saying, ‘whatever help you may need, we are here to utilise our geographical position and the fact that we are accepted by both Israel and Palestine, and by the Arab states, to offer what we can to help’.”

Confusion had taken hold earlier in the day after Cyprus chamber of commerce and industry (Keve) general manager Philokypros Rousounides had told the Cyprus Mail that his chamber had not received any information about any such plan or set of initiatives

Earlier, scientific and technical chamber (Etek) chairman Constantinos Constanti had told newspaper Politis that his chamber had also not been informed about any such plan, and that it is “awaiting information before taking a position” on it.

As such, questions had arisen regarding the content of the six points and who may be involved.

Newspaper Phileleftheros published a list of initiatives which it said made up Cyprus’ six-point proposal in Sharm El-Sheikh, although the number of points was actually seven and also offered little by way of substance.

The first stated that “the contribution of Cyprus can strengthen a number of aspects of the Trump plan”.

Next, it said that “Cyprus can actively contribute to the implementation and realisation of the plan in a complementary manner which will safeguard all actors and promote the long-term sustainability of Gaza”.

The third point stated that “Cyprus, through the infrastructure it possesses (for example Cyclops), the operational adequacy of which has already been proven through the Amalthea initiative, but also due to its geostrategic position, is ready to align its national capabilities with the priorities of the plan”.

The Amalthea plan was mentioned again in the fourth point, which stated that “the mechanisms and procedures which have been developed within the framework of Amalthea for fast-track security checks in Cyprus are usable for the next phase and can offer important solutions”.

The fifth point stated that “taking into account the improved and favourable conditions, both regionally and on the ground, these infrastructures and mechanisms lend themselves to a significant increase in scale and intensity, especially with a more active contribution from the European Union”.

It added that “the conditions also now offer the possibility of utilising two-way fast-track procedures”.

The sixth point stated that “the quality and thorough procedures which characterise the security protocols which have been adopted allow for further exploitation, expanding the range of specialised controls”.

The seventh and final point stated that Cyprus “possesses the know-how, specialisation, and expertise in a number of aspects related to the points of President Trump’s plan, which can be utilised”.