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From: "Benzi Zimerman" <Benzi_zimerman@mail.gov.il>
To: "Michalis Firillas" <mfirillas@mfa.gov.cy>
Cc: "Paris Samoutis" <PSamoutis@mfa.gov.cy>
Subject: coming to cyprus
Date: Thu, Feb 13, 2020 18:22

Can we talk tomorrow?



Hello Benzi,

My name is Michalis, you can call me Mike, and I speak Hebrew. The rest you will find out when we meet.

 

Regarding the exercise – as we understood it, it is a trilateral one and includes us. US and IL will have their set ups and we will be somewhere in between. I do not have very much detail but I will try to sort it out. My point of contact is Bill Lambert, whom I think you know quite well.

 

Yes, it will be necessary to sort something out about your being here, equipment you may want to bring in, etc. Do you have any details of what your team will look like, who will be coming, what kind of needs you will have for us to help with, equipment, duration? It has been rather vague on the American side, and it is not entirely their fault, as events have been happening, and we focused on their deployment here last month.

 

Anyway, I suggest that we schedule a call this week. Let me know.

Michalis

 

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From: Paris Samoutis
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2020 7:01 PM
To: Benzi Zimerman
Cc: Michalis Firillas
Subject: RE: coming to cyprus

 

Dear Benzi,

Thanks for contacting with me.

 

I will be on abroad for a couple of weeks for training, starting from Saturday morning.

 

My colleague, Mr. Michalis Firillas (on c/c) he is on the lead for this multinational conference.

Please wait for his response tomorrow morning or try to contact him directly by sending him a new email next Monday.

 

All the best,

Kind regards,

Paris

 

 

Paris Samoutis

    Major

Deputy Head

 

 

Republic of Cyprus|Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Crisis Management Department

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From: Benzi Zimerman [mailto:Benzi_zimerman@mail.gov.il]
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2020 2:12 PM
To: Paris Samoutis
Subject: coming to cyprus

 

Hi Paris! How are you?

 

We were invited by the USA to participate in an exercise they are doing in Larnaca the first two weeks of March.

 

What is the best way to go forward with this? Do we need a special clearance letter from you guys to attend?

 

 

v/r,

 

MAJ Benzi Zimmerman 
Head, International Cooperation Desk

IDF Operations Directorate - Plans, Doctrine & Exercises (J3-5/7)

T: +972-3-740-7723 | M: +972-5-42074487 | E: benzi_zimeraman@mail.gov.il

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