Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots are marching on both sides of the barbed wire fence tomorrow, Saturday from 10 to 11 in the morning, requesting the opening of the Deryneia roadblock.
As the Mayor of Deryneia Andros Karagiannis stated in KYPE, "tomorrow morning there will be a peaceful event - a demonstration in favor of the opening of the Deryneia roadblock, organized by two groups E / C and T / C, the group" Famagusta our city " "Famagusta Initiative" group. He stated that on both sides of Famagusta Avenue there will be E / K and T / C to demonstrate in favor of the opening of the roadblock. "The distance that separates us from the Turkish occupation army is around 700 - 800 meters. There will be a music and dance program on both sides and I hope that the voices of both E / K and T / K will be heard from one side of the roadblock to the other. The voices will unite and be heard together to open the roadblock that leads to occupied Famagusta ", he said. Mr. Karagiannis explained that" Famagusta Avenue was once the most commercial Avenue of Deryneia and Famagusta and was the place that Kato Deryneia, Agia Zoni, Agios Memnon with Famagusta. So we want this Avenue, Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot to reunite it as we want to reunite our whole island ". The Municipality of Deryneia, continued," supports such events and initiatives and both the Mayor and the Municipal Council will be present at Saturday's demonstration. Other Mayors of the Famagusta Free Zone will also attend, while according to information on the occupied side, the T / C "Mayor" of Famagusta will also attend the event. "He added that" we do not want to compromise only with the opening of the Barricades, but we ask like all the people of Cyprus, the removal of the dividing wire mesh, the fair and sustainable settlement of the Cyprus problem and the reunification of our island. "Through such initiatives, we want to reach a step-by-step solution to the Cyprus problem and we wholeheartedly support events such as the one that will take place tomorrow for the opening of the Deryneia Roadblock." Mr. Karagiannis also said that "an application has been submitted to United Nations and all relevant bodies to operate the church of Agios Timotheos and Agia Mavra located just 100 meters from the roadblock of Deryneia, in occupied Kato Deryneia. At the same time we want to utilize and use the occupied beach of Deryneia which is located between the hotels of occupied Famagusta and the area of Kappari in Paralimni ".Source: KYPE / APE