The President of the Republic, Nikos Anastasiadis, shows great commitment to achieve the goal of resolving the Cyprus problem, without turning Cyprus into a representative of Turkey, with new ideas and approaches that are within the framework of international legitimacy and United Nations resolutions. said on Wednesday the Secretary of the Council of Ministers Theodosis Tsiolas.
Speaking at the memorial service of the Heroes of Peristeronopigi, Famagusta, at the sanctuary of Agia Thekla, in the settlement of Agioi Anargyroi II in Larnaca, Mr. Tsiolas also assured that every effort is being made to determine the fate of all the missing.
"With new ideas and approaches that are always within the framework of international legitimacy and especially the decisions and resolutions of the United Nations for Cyprus, President Anastasiadis shows great commitment and creativity, in order to achieve the goal of a solution that will not change the "Cyprus to a representative of Turkey, but to ensure that Cyprus will remain truly independent and sovereign, committed to the democratic values of the European Union and a pillar of stability and prosperity for the whole region," said Mr. Tsiolas.
He also said that Turkey should show the same goodwill and will to pave the way for effective negotiations, with the aim of starting a new era for the homeland, which promises much more to all its people. in conditions of freedom, security and common prosperity.
"From the very beginning of the end of the process in Crans Montana, President Anastasiadis stressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations that his goal is to restart the process as soon as possible, from the right basis, without expediency and within the parameters set by the he raised ", he said.
He specifically referred to the abolition of the anachronistic system of guarantees, invasive rights and the permanent presence of the occupying army.
Regarding the demand made by the Turkish side for the effective, as he characterizes it, participation of the Turkish Cypriots with the necessary one vote they ask for all the decisions of the state, Mr. Tsiolas wondered whether in general this can be accepted in a modern, normal state, without undermining its functions and without thus exercising control by Turkey over virtually all the issues that the state will handle.
"We do not deny political equality, alas. "What we deny is numerical equality, as the other side seeks it, with the existence of at least one positive vote of its own for every decision of the central state", he added.
He also said that even where a positive vote is required, ie in circumstances in which any decision of the state institutions not to negatively affect the interests of the Turkish Cypriot community, there should be an effective mechanism for overcoming deadlocks, so that each other than undermining the normal functioning of the state and being mined by the expediencies of the other side.
Regarding the effort to find the missing persons of the Cyprus tragedy, the Secretary of the Council of Ministers demanded that Turkey comply with the verdicts of international organizations, in particular the European Court of Human Rights, and provide every facility for the relief of conducting excavations and exhumations in the occupied areas.
"There can be no such backlog after 45 years," he continued, adding that it is utterly inhumane for fathers, mothers, spouses and even children of missing persons to pass away without receiving answers about the fate of their loved ones. "The demand of the relatives of our missing is a demand of all of us. "Finally, Turkey must work together to find a lasting solution to the problem of missing persons, leaving aside expediencies, hypocrisy and lies," he said.
He also noted that "the truth is there, on the battlefields and in the areas of mass executions, and can no longer be hidden."
The memorial service was held in memory of Dimitris A. Vrakas, Giannaki A. Theodorou, Iakovos Giasoumis Kakouri, Costas Andreou Fotiou, Christos Kyriakos Sofronios and Iakovos Christos Giakoumettis.
Sixteen other residents of Peristeronopigi were also mentioned, who are in the category of the dead or murdered. They are Panagiotis Poullis, Paraskeva Kostea, Charitonas Charitonos, Koulou Loukari Siamari, Georgios Konstantinos Kantzis, Koullos Kostis Siegas, Dimitris Christofis Tsagaros, Giannis Theodoulou, Panagiotis Petrios Katos, Katagiotos Katrios Katos Katerina Michail Havatzia, Kyriako Griva and Myrofora Fesa, whose bones have not yet been identified, but are included in the list of the fallen, according to the data kept by the competent state service.
The heavy blood tax paid by the communities of Pigi and Peristerona Famagusta includes the cases of 10 other villagers, whose names are still included in the sad list of the missing.
Famagusta.News / KYPE