Stefanos Kasselakis: “I pledge to the Cypriot people that SYRIZA will continue to support a fair and sustainable solution” – 2024-07-21 09:58:56

In his visit to Cyprus on the occasion of the completion of 50 years since the invasion and occupation of the island, the president of SYRIZA-PS, Stefanos Kasselakis, mentions in a post on social media, emphasizing: “We are never going to forget”.

In his post he says: “It is 50 years since the illegal Turkish invasion of Cyprus. 50 years of occupation, with Nicosia remaining the only divided European capital. I visited Cyprus to listen to the pain of the families of the Missing, the Displaced, the Imprisoned. I met with the President of the Republic of Cyprus, Nikos Christodoulidis, His Beatitude the Archbishop of Cyprus, etc. Georgios, the President of the House of Representatives, Annita Dimitriou, comrade G.G. of AKEL, Stefanos Stefanou, the Minister of Defense of Cyprus, Vasilios Palmas. I shared with everyone my anxiety regarding the Cyprus issue, as they did. A special place in my mind and heart was my visit to the Pan-Cypriot Organization of Undeclared Prisoners and Missing Persons.

How can one empathize with the pain of people who have been trying for 50 years to learn the fate of their loved ones? The only thing I can promise them is that I will do everything in my power, in Greece and Europe, so that the families themselves can be relieved, and the souls of the missing can be vindicated. And of course, I feel proud that I visited the ELDYK together with the Honorary Chief of the GETHA Admiral Apostolakis and saw firsthand the zeal and self-sacrifice with which they guard Thermopylae.

I pledge to the Cypriot people that we, SYRIZA, will continue to support with the same fervor a just and sustainable solution for the Cyprus issue. In the context of the decisions of the UN Security Council and restarting from the point where the talks were interrupted in Crans Montana in 2017. Our goal, a solution of a bizonal, bicommunal federation, for the benefit of the entire Cypriot people, without guarantees and occupation troops. We’re never going to forget.”