Larnaca’s joint rescue coordination centre (JRCC) on Sunday evening said that it was told that the Turkish Cypriot authorities “do not need the assistance” it had offered after a passenger ferry sank off the coast of Kyrenia earlier in the day.
Initially, the JRCC had said that it was “ready” to help the search-and-rescue operation launched in the north following the capsize of the boat, contacting the United Nations peacekeeping
