More than 50 Romanian tourists affected by the situation at Blue Air are still in Cyprus and have asked the Romanian consulate for help, but they have to fend for themselves, because the state is not obliged to help them in a private matter, Dan Mihalache, ambassador, said Wednesday. from Romania to Cyprus, Agerpres reports.
He attended the Romania-Cyprus Business Forum, organized by the Romanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Cyprus-Romania Business Association, and was asked by reporters how he handled the situation when tourists in Cyprus asked the embassy for help. in the Blue Aria scandal.
“We had a repatriation plane, there were over 90 cases, some withdrew, the last figure at boarding was 89. And there are more than 50 requests registered at the moment at the consular section. But we don’t know how to comply with these requests, because in the end these repatriation flights meant a solution to a crisis that, of course, no one wanted, but cannot continue indefinitely, “Mihalache said.
According to him, Romanian citizens will have to use the commercial tools they have at their disposal.
“Basically, these are private matters and they are not matters involving the responsibility of the state. The responsibility of the state is for situations of war, humanitarian crises, catastrophes, not necessarily flight disruptions,” said the Romanian diplomat.
