Moreover, he said that "the information published today, according to which Cyprus sent any means to provide assistance, is not valid" Commander of the Cyprus Joint Rescue Coordination Center, Andreas Charalambides, told CNA that a Cypriot company ship aided a vessel that was engulfed in flames while in international territorial waters off Malta. The Commander was invited to comment on a news item published by Reuters, citing the international NGO "Freedom Flotilla Coalition", according to which, Cyprus responded by sending a vessel to assist in an SOS distress call sent by a ship carrying humanitarian aid and activists, which was hit by drones on Friday while in international territorial waters off Malta. Charalambides clarified that a ship of a Cypriot company that was in the area, in the context of the practice followed in similar cases of danger at sea, headed to the scene to provide assistance to the ship and helped extinguish...