The stays of seven Greek troopers who misplaced their lives throughout the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus have been transferred to Greece on Thursday.
The handover ceremony came about on Thursday morning, within the presence of the political, navy and non secular management and Greece`s Deputy Minister of Protection Nikolaos Hardalias. Home Speaker and Protection Minister have been additionally current to pay their respects in addition to the Chief of the Hellenic Nationwide Defence Basic Employees, the Chief of Cyprus’ Nationwide Guard and representatives of the political events and different organized teams.
Kinfolk of the troopers who’ve travelled from Greece have been additionally current to obtain the stays of their beloved in addition to medals of honors.
The stays have been transferred by aircraft for a correct burial within the locations of their origin. Six of the troopers have been stationed in ELDYK, the Hellenic Pressure in Cyprus and have been killed throughout the battles in the summertime of 1974 when Turkey invaded Cyprus. The seventh was in NORATLAS, the navy transport plane shot down in Nicosia.
Commissioner Photis Photiou mentioned that the seven heroes from Greece gave their lives for Cyprus and the Cypriot persons are grateful to them and their kin, a lot of whom are now not alive and handed away with out figuring out the destiny of their family members.
He spoke of the ties between the 2 nations and their frequent struggles for liberty and democracy. In keeping with Photiou a complete of 77 Greek residents are included within the listing of lacking individuals, of whom 47 are nonetheless unaccounted for. He mentioned that Turkey has an enormous accountability as regards the difficulty of the lacking individuals and up to now it refuses to cooperate and known as on the worldwide group to exert stress on Ankara. He spoke of incidents of mass graves, switch of stays to different locations and archives of the Turkish military which embrace info on their destiny.
The Commissioner reassured that the Cyprus authorities will proceed the wrestle for the destiny of every and everybody of the lacking individuals.
Greek Deputy Minister Nikos Hardalias mentioned that their sacrifice proves the rules and virtues of Hellenism including that till the very finish they remained targeted and devoted to the navy oath.
He mentioned that 47 years after the invasion, Turkey nonetheless reveals a provocative stance, including that each Greece and Cyprus are decided to hold on the wrestle for reunification, placing ahead the worldwide legislation and justice. He additionally referred to the function of each nations as pillars of stability and safety within the jap Mediterranean.
Hardalias and Photiou had a gathering Wednesday night on the Presidential Palace and the difficulty of the lacking individuals was on the agenda. They each referred to Turkey`s obligation to cooperate and so they additionally assessed the Committee on Lacking Individuals` (CMP) program.
Cyprus has been divided since 1974, when Turkish troops invaded and occupied 37% of its territory. Quite a few rounds of talks underneath the UN aegis to reunite the island underneath a federal roof didn’t yield outcomes.
Because the Turkish invasion the destiny of tons of of individuals stays unknown.
A Committee on Lacking Individuals (CMP) has been established, upon settlement between the leaders of the 2 communities, with the scope of exhuming, figuring out and returning to their kin the stays of lacking individuals.