The Cyprus Department of Merchant Shipping has announced that, following the lifting of the arms embargos previously imposed by the United Nations and the European Union on Ivory Coast and Liberia, it is taking steps to repeal the Prohibition Orders which implemented the embargos. 

The restrictions set out in DMS Circulars No. 21/2015, No. 28/2014 and No. 38/2014 relating to Ivory Coast and in Circulars No. 7/2014 and No. 24/2010 relating to Liberia have been rescinded with immediate effect.