The Cypriot government has been informed that among the missing in the tragic accident in Tempe are and two Cypriot citizens, whose identity and fate have not yet been ascertained, as stated in a statement by the Presidency of the Republic of Cyprus.

In the same announcement it is pointed out that:

On the orders of the President of the Republic, Nikos Christodoulides, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Konstantinos Kombos, is in contact with the families of the two missing Cypriots, to whom he has placed the services of the state, as well as the diplomatic mission of the Republic in Athens, at their disposal, in order to provide them with assistance in any way they need, as well as for assistance in relation to their transition to Greece.

For the management of the incident, the Republic of Cyprus has been in contact with the Greek authorities from the very beginning.

For the tragic incident, which claimed the lives of dozens of people, President Christodoulidis gave instructions such as the flags of the Republic medium waves in all government buildings and the Presidential Palace, as a sign of deep mourning, the announcement concludes.

According to the Cypriot media, the two missing from Megalonisos are Kyprianos Papaioannou and Anastasia Adamidou.

Her sincere condolences about the tragic train accident in Tempi expressed to the Speaker of the Parliament Constantinos Tassoulas in a telephone conversation that the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Cyprus Annita Dimitriou had with him.