Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides and the government has expressed their wishes for the speedy recovery of the UN peacekeepers who were injured during the incidents that took place in the buffer zone near Pyla on Friday.
Social Welfare Deputy Minister, Marilena Evangelou, said in a post on platform X that she contacted the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) on Saturday and conveyed the wishes of President Christodoulides and the government for the speedy recovery of the injured UNFICYP members from the attack in Pyla.
Moreover she noted that the Deputy Ministry of Social Welfare and the government are at the disposal of UNFICYP for any help they may need.
The Cyprus News Agency (CNA) has learned that all injured peacekeepers have been discharged from hospital.
Members of the UN peacekeeping force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) were attacked on Friday morning while blocking unauthorised construction works by the Turkish Cypriot puppet regime inside the buffer zone near Pyla.
The government of Cyprus, the UN and various countries have condemned the incident.
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. The latest round of negotiations, in July 2017 at the Swiss resort of Crans-Montana ended inconclusively.
Source: Cyprus News Agency