Measures amounting to €300 million were announced by the prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis due to the war in Iran and the State, among others, will subsidize diesel for movement with 16 cents per liter, will grant the Fuel Pass, and will compensate the ferry companies, imposing mandatory discounts on tickets. At the same time he announced that for the sudden increases in fertilizers of the farmers, the State will subsidize 15% of the amount of their purchase receipts.
“From the first moment of the conflict in Iran, I stated that the government will undertake initiatives in order to raise a ‘barrier’ to the consequences of the new major crisis. We immediately moved in the geopolitical field, protecting Cyprus, stability but also energy security in the region.
At the same time, however, we must support households and businesses against the international economic instability,” stated among others Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
The USA canceled the sanctions on Iranian oil on ships that are already en route, in order for the energy prices not to surge further.
Donald Trump announced that the attacks on energy infrastructures of Iran are postponed for 5 days, as, as he wrote, the USA and Iran “had very good and constructive talks”. The Strait of Hormuz remains blocked.
Earlier, he had threatened Iran that if the Strait of Hormuz does not open until tomorrow he will attack its energy infrastructures, while Iran responds that if its coasts or islands are attacked, it will block with mines the whole Persian Gulf.
The ultimatum of Trump was formulated just one day after the American president stated that he examines the possibility of “gradual de-escalation” of the military operations after three weeks of war.
Sources: Καθημερινή, Guardian [1], [2]
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