The President of the Republic, Nikos Christodoulidis, said that regardless of the issues, difficulties and challenges, the Authorities is making each attainable effort to place an finish to the drama of the lacking.
In his greeting on the “My Famagusta…” occasion of the Workplace of the Head of Humanitarian Affairs of the Lacking and Imprisoned in honor of the 1974 heroes of the town of Famagusta, the President referred to the institutional modifications made by Anna Aristotelous on this subject.
He stated that particular emphasis was given to the hassle to extend the stream of knowledge, selling the strengthening of the power to safe such very helpful info.
He famous that the investigative strategies of experiences have been eliminated in a aware effort, since there was an issue there, in order that they might unlock the prevailing silence and exploit each attainable info.
“Now, the contacts, the securing of knowledge is carried out beneath totally different circumstances and this has helped to create a local weather of belief and safety, whereas on the similar time the reporting course of is carried out in a approach that helps those that have details about our lacking individuals or victims to talk extra freely,” he stated.
Addressing the family members of the heroes, he stated that the distinction given to their very own individuals is the minimal that the State should do, which regards them with limitless appreciation, limitless respect, as a result of their faces mirror probably the most tragic facet of the Cypriot tragedy.
“Thus far, as you could bear in mind, 49% of our lacking individuals instances are nonetheless pending, with their very own individuals denied the suitable to the reality in regards to the destiny of their family members,” he famous.
He expressed disappointment since, as he stated, Turkey's refusal to open the archives of the Turkish military, the place there may be proof of the existence of graves, is a brake on the investigation of many instances.
The President assured that irrespective of what number of years cross, they’ll by no means quit making an attempt to establish the destiny of the final lacking particular person.
“It’s the minimal debt of the state, the state, in the direction of the individuals who rushed to defend the Republic, who sacrificed themselves, in order that the Republic of Cyprus exists immediately, but in addition in the direction of all of you, their family members, who’ve lived for thus a few years in anticipation,” he stated.
He added that he’s totally conscious of his obligations, his responsibility in the direction of everybody and can honor till the top the phrases of the mandate given to him by the Cypriot individuals via his election.
The pinnacle of the Workplace, Anna Aristotelous, in her greeting, referred to the martyred metropolis of Famagusta and its individuals, who skilled the tragedy of the Turkish invasion.
He referred to the individuals of Famagusta who stood proudly in favor of altars and hearths, honoring the homeland with their sacrifice. Troopers who served their time period, reservists who rushed to enlist and residents who fought for his or her land fell heroically or perished within the mountains of Pentadaktylos, in Kyrenia and in each nook of occupied Cyprus.
“One bends earlier than the tragedy of the Andreou household, the place a mom, with three youngsters aged 12, 14 and 9, alongside along with her aged dad and mom, fought to avoid wasting themselves from the wrath of the invaders. Shut by and different family members, but in addition the Kyriakos Giorgallis household with 4 different youngsters and the Savva Ionas household with three others, who ended up in Kato Deryneia, the place they have been arrested by Turkish troopers who took all 14 individuals to the orchard of Perziena between Kato Deryneia and Saint Memnon and in response to testimonies they executed them and since then they haven’t given indicators of life”, he stated.
“We honor them immediately”, emphasised Mrs. Aristotle, referring to the proud aged, the tragic dad and mom, the heroic troopers and reservists, the little youngsters who have been sacrificed or misplaced on the darkest web page of historical past. He emphasised that the reminiscence and historical past of those persons are an integral a part of the id of the Cypriot individuals, calling for unity and the continuation of the wrestle for justice and return to Famagusta.
“It’s due to this fact our responsibility, and the President of the Republic, Mr. Nikos Christodoulidis has confirmed this via a sequence of actions, to do every thing in our energy first in relation to the purely humanitarian subject of our lacking individuals and definitely in relation to the intensive and substantial efforts he has made, for the resumption of dialogue and reunification of our homeland, which can embody the return to our metropolis of Famagusta”, he stated.
Throughout the occasion, 87 individuals have been honored, amongst them the lacking and fallen residents of Famagusta.
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