The official visit of President of the Republic Konstantinou Tasoula In Cyprus, where he has been he has been in Cyprus for three days, and continues his meetings with Cypriot organizations and clubs and political parties.
Early in the morning, the military cemetery visited the Macedonian Tomb, where there were 1350 cenotaphs and tombs of Greek and Greek Cypriots that fell during the invasion. A monument erected as a sign of tribute to the fallen.
The PD also toured the NOratlas aircraft -a transit aircraft, Similar to the fateful noratlas rejected in July 1974. He was welcomed by the Minister of Defense, Vasilis Palmas.
To Framework of this first visit to Cyprus in the capacity of PD, had a meeting successively with the leaders of parliamentary parties, DISY, AKEL, DIKO, EDEKthe Democratic Party, the Ecologists.
There had been meetings with organizations and associations, with the Pancyprian organization of congenital captives and missing, the Pancyprian Refugee Association, the Committee of Occupied Municipalities and the Committee of Occupied Communities as well as the EOKA Race Council.
In conclusion of his visit, his first institutional status in Cyprus, the PD noted that his presence is not ceremonial but substantial, reiterating that 65 years after Cyprus independence and 51 years after illegal Turkish invasion, the two countries are struggling for a Cyprus reunion of the European Council on the basis of a Cyprus reunion. An international personality a nationality a sovereignty.
“I wanted with my presence here which is not ceremonial but symbolic and essential to emphasize that Greece is always inextricably tied to the goals of the Cypriot government is a supporter of Cyprus in an effort to avoid and refusing to have done events,” I said. The Cypriot people are entitled to know that the struggle is not in vain and I feel honored that I had the opportunity to emphasize exactly these friends and partners. “