House President, Annita Demetriou, stressed on Wednesday evening the need for unity with a view to find a just settlement of the Cyprus problem on the basis of UN resolutions, the international law and the European values.
Addressing a memorial service, at a military cemetery (Tymvos Makedonitissas), in Nicosia for the Greek and Cypriot army officers and soldiers and others who lost their lives during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974, Demetriou said that “we are faced with the threatening and offensive policy of Ankara which is everyday promoted by even more arrogant and unacceptable demands both in the Aegean and Cyprus.”
“With its actions in the fenced off city of Famagusta, the Karpas peninsula and our EEZ, but also with the intense rumours for the annexation of the occupied areas, Turkey is trying to create a new fait accompli aiming to the definitive partition of the island, jeopardizing at the same time stability and security in the broader Eastern Mediterranean region,” she added.
Demetriou went on to say that at this critical moment the people of Cyprus are invited to stand united and address together the Turkish intransigence and provocations.
She underlined that the House of Representatives reaffirms its will to continue and intensify the collective struggle as well as the struggle of each one seperately, by presenting the problem in its right dimensions as an issue of invasion and occupation, and by demanding from the international community to exert pressure on Turkey to abide by the international law.
Cyprus has been divided since 1974, when Turkey invaded and occupied its northern third. Repeated rounds of UN-led peace talks have so far failed to yield results.
Source: Cyprus News Agency