Presidential Commissioner Photis Photiou mentioned it’s a sacred obligation and an honour and never an anniversary dedication to work for an answer to lacking individuals’ concern.
On the similar time, he assured the kinfolk of the lacking that regardless of the obstacles, the federal government will proceed to work tirelessly to place an finish to this humanitarian concern which persists for thus a few years.
In a speech at a gathering at “Mom of the lacking” monument within the website of Makedonitissa Tomb in Nicosia, on the event of the Lacking Individuals’ Day, Photiou mentioned that every one kinfolk of the lacking are entitled to know the destiny of their family members with tangible proof.
Referring to the lacking individuals because the Turkish invasion of 1974 and in addition people who disappeared between 1963-1964 through the intercommunal combating, Photiou mentioned that there are nonetheless 780 circumstances of lacking individuals nonetheless unaccounted for and the ache of the households in each Greece and Cyprus continues to be insufferable.
Photiou criticised Turkey for refusing to present data from the occupation drive’s navy about mass graves. It additionally refuses to offer details about areas the place it moved stays.
We anticipate the United Nations, the European Union, but in addition the highly effective nations to take humanitarian initiatives and contribute considerably and successfully to carry an finish to this ongoing tragedy, Photiou added.
Regardless of the “issues and Turkey’s refusal to cooperate, the federal government, with all our energy and in any method, will intensify our efforts with consistency and willpower to find the destiny of each lacking individual, be that Greek Cypriot, Greek or Turkish Cypriot”, he added.
He additionally mentioned the decision of the lacking individuals concern stays a excessive precedence for the President and the federal government.
Turkey, he mentioned, has an enormous authorized and ethical obligation, in line with worldwide regulation, to cooperate for the efficient investigation of each lacking individual and to finish its unacceptable stance which is a provocation in the direction of civilised humanity.
Cyprus has been divided since 1974 when Turkish troops invaded and occupied the island’s northern third.