Prime Minister’s assistance to Canadian residents

Harper abandoned plans to return home from Europe on Wednesday and diverted his aircraft to Cyprus to help in the evacuation of Canadian residents and citizens. His plane flew from Paris Wednesday at 6 p.m. local time. Staff traveling with Harper confirmed his arrival in Cyprus through a telephone call to PMO officials in Paris by telephone at 10:49 p.m. Wednesday and he did meet with Cypriot foreign minister George Lilikas.

Prime Minister Harper’s intention is that 100 individuals will fly home on his plane

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper awoke onboard his Airbus jetliner Thursday morning because it remained parked on the runway of Larnaca airport in Cyprus overnight, officials said.


Alice Daghavarian, Director of Immigration Services.