TRNC Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly condemned the Greek Cypriot administration for continuing to exploit the issue of missing persons as a political tool.
According to the statement made yesterday by the Ministry, the Greek Cypriot side totally disregards the losses of the Turkish Cypriot people, whose agony started in 1963 and ended only with the timely intervention of Motherland Türkiye, deriving from her guarantor rights in 1974.
In the statement, it was also stated that the Greek Cypriots are exploiting the issue as a propaganda tool and that coinciding this commemoration with the date of the establishment of the Republic of Türkiye is also disrespectful and is an insult to the Turkish Cypriot people.
The statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs also included the following:
“The Greek Cypriot side, at every opportunity, resorts to the futile effort of ignoring the Turkish Cypriot people, its only counterpart on the Cyprus issue, and treating Turkey as its counterpart. We invite the Greek Cypriot side, which has gone as far as manipulating the historical facts of the island according to its own interests, even using the agony of the relatives of the disappeared, to act with prudence and to refrain from taking steps that will jeopardise the work of the Committee on Missing Persons. The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus has always done its part to prevent the exploitation of the issue of missing persons as a political tool and supported the work of the Committee of Missing Persons, the only mechanism authorised to handle the issue of missing persons, and will continue to do so. A meaningful dialogue which will pave the way for the two sovereign equal States to live side by side in good neighbourly relations can only be established between the two peoples if and when the Greek Cypriot side accepts the fact that the Turkish Cypriot people are the co-owners of this island. “
The Greek Cypriot administration of Southern Cyprus has stated on October 29, 2022 that October 29 is designated as the “Day of Missing Persons in Cyprus” whose fate has not been verified since 1974.
Soruce (Turkish News Agency)
