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[01] Cyprus honours Greek missing persons in an event in Athens

[02] We'll continue to seek answers for missing persons, no matter how

many years will go by, says President

[01] Cyprus honours Greek missing persons in an event in Athens

An event to honour the Greek persons who went missing during the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus was held in Athens on Monday, during which participants were overwhelmed with emotions.

President of the Republic of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades and his Greek counterpart Prokopis Pavlopoulos adressed the event, while present were Cypriot Defence Minister Christoforos Fokaidis, Presidential Commissioner for Humanitarian Issues Photis Photiou, Greek Interior Minister Panagiotis Kouroumblis, who represented the Greek Government, representatives of the Greek parties and a number of Greek parliamentarians, a representative of the Church, representatives of the leadership of the Greek and Cypriot armed forces, the Ambassador of Cyprus to Athens Kyriakos Kenevezos, representatives of Cypriot community organizations in Greece.

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[02] We'll continue to seek answers for missing persons, no matter how many years will go by, says President

No matter how many years will go by, we will continue to seek answers for the missing persons, President of the Republic Nicos Anastasiades has said.

Speaking at an event in Athens on Monday, to honour the Greek persons who went missing during the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus, the President said that he stands before them feeling deeply emotional and with feelings of responsibility, pointing out that the tragedy of the missing causes pain and ordeal to thousands of families of Greek and Greek Cypriots and constitutes a provocation for the civilised world.

The President pledged that his government will use all the means possible to find the answers to the relentless questions on the whereabouts of the missing persons.

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