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Israel and Cyprus Upgrade Ties
(Globes) Amiram Barkat and Inbal Omer - Israel and Cyprus agreed Thursday to allow IDF planes and ships to use Cypriot airspace and territorial waters as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Cypriot President Demetris Christofias signed a search and rescue agreement in Nicosia. Netanyahu was making the first ever visit of an Israeli prime minister to neighboring Cyprus. Christofias condemned the terrorist attacks against Israeli embassies in India and Georgia. He also said that Cyprus wanted to combine its gas discoveries with Israel's discoveries for the benefit of the people of the region.