The Cypriot President’s response to Ankara’s aggressive delirium is his readiness for the resumption of substantive negotiations of the Cyprus problem, Minister of Education, Sport and Youth, Prodromos Prodromou has said.
The Minister, who was delivering on Sunday a eulogy at the memorial service for fallen commanders and Vice Admiral Eleftherios Handrinos, at Agios Kendeas Church, in Pafos, noted that the Greek Cypriot side, with actions, initiatives and proposals submitted by the President of the Republic, continues to work for the resumption of substantive negotiations, for the end of the Turkish occupation and for a functional solution to the Cyprus problem on the basis of the UN resolutions and decisions and the European principles and rules.
The goal, he said, is the creation of a united, free, democratic European country where all its legal residents, Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots, will coexist peacefully enjoying full human rights and civil liberties and living in conditions of security.
He added that we must remain united, given Turkey’s not only intransigent stance, but also its increasing aggression in the entire region.
With political means we should seek, he added, to liberate our country from Turkey, to give an end to the occupation and lift the faits accomplis and create a modern and democratic European state that will turn Cyprus into a place of peace and creation, a common home for all legitimate residents, Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots.
Cyprus has been divided since 1974, when Turkey invaded and occupied its northern third.
Source: Cyprus News Agency