00:00Our absolute priority is the safety of our citizens and that is the focus for all the decisions that I
00:09have taken, including the decisions to pre-deploy in the way that I've described and the decisions we're taking every
00:17day in order to deal with the situation on the ground in the region, the consular work to get people
00:24safely back home and also what we're doing within the country,
00:28obviously, in relation to the division that can arise in situations like this. In relation to Cyprus, we've obviously had
00:36an airbase there for a very long time. There are protective measures in place, have always been in place. It's
00:41always been a protected airbase. It's not something new to protect the airbase. We've pre-deployed further assets to Cyprus
00:48in January and February for that purpose and we're bolstering that.
00:54So I want to be really clear to everybody in Cyprus that we're taking every measure that is needed to
01:00protect them, to protect the airbase, along with the other places in the region.
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