Nicosia: The Hellenic Republic has allocated in 2025 pound 50,000 as a voluntary contribution to the Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus (CMP).
According to Cyprus News Agency, on the occasion of yesterday’s Day for the Missing Persons in Cyprus, the Hellenic Republic has paid in 2025 the amount of pound 50,000 as a voluntary contribution to the CMP.
Greece continues to support in practice the humanitarian work of the CMP, the announcement concludes. Cyprus has been divided since 1974, when Turkish troops invaded and occupied 37% of its territory. Since then, the fate of hundreds of people remains unknown.
A Committee on Missing Persons has been established, upon agreement between the leaders of the two communities, with the scope of exhuming, identifying and returning to their relatives the remains of 492 Turkish Cypriots and 1,510 Greek Cypriots, who went missing during the inter-communal fighting of 1963-1964 and in 1974.
According to statistical data published on the CMP website by September 30, 2025, out of 2002 missing persons, 1,707 were exhumed and 1,057 were identified. Out of 1,510 Greek Cypriot missing persons, 761 were identified and 749 are still missing. Out of 492 Turkish Cypriot missing persons, 296 were identified and 196 are still missing.