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Relatives of Missing Persons in Cyprus: Turkish Army Must Open its Archives


Relatives of missing persons in Cyprus have called upon the Turkish army to releaseĀ all information regarding the fate of their beloved ones.
In statements to the Cyprus News Agency, Executive Secretary of the Pancyprian Organization of the Relatives of Undeclared Prisoners and Missing Persons, Nicos Theodosiou, said that if the Turkish army decides to provide the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) with the information it holds, then there will be major progress in a short period of time and pointed out that time is important for relatives.
Referring to the joint appeal made on Thursday by the leaders of the two Cypriot communities (President of Cyprus Nicos AnastasiadesĀ and Turkish-Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci) who called on ā€œanyone who might possess information on possible burial sites of missing persons to share this information with the CMP without hesitationā€, Theodosiou said that this appeal was a first positive step but noted that the leaders should be more concrete.
ā€œThe appeal of the two leaders is very significant since it places this humanitarian issue on its proper basis, which is a matter of priority. But what is of importance is which practical steps we take to solve the problem of informationā€, he said.
Theodosiou stressed that it would be important that the two leaders make ā€œan appeal for exploiting the information ā€“ which exists in archives, particularly the archives of the Turkish army.ā€
If the Turkish side, which exercises control over the military zones in Cyprus, decides to be more cooperative, ā€œthen we will see great progress in very short timeā€, Theodosiou said.
He pointed out that time is very important for relatives, who 41 years after the disappearance of their beloved ones, still have no information about them.
(source: CNA)

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