Iran has asked Cyprus to convey "some messages" to Israel, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday, saying he expected to speak to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu later in the day.
Christodoulides also said he was not happy with what he said was a slow reaction by the European Union to the unfolding crisis in the Middle East.
Cyprus, the closest EU member state in the region, had asked for an extraordinary meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council, he said.