In the current extremely difficult global situation, with the war in Ukraine, Turkey presents itself as a peacemaker, trying to conceal once again that its revisionist ambitions in the Eastern Mediterranean and Aegean region have never stopped, Defence Minister Charalambos Petrides said on Sunday, who attended on behalf of the President of the Republic the funeral of Christos Theocharous, who died during the Turkish invasion, at the church of Agios Panteleimon in Makedonitissa.
Delivering the eulogy, the Defence Minister said that Ankara continues its provocations in the Exclusive Economic Zone of Cyprus, in the enclosed city of Famagusta and instrumentalizes human suffering, promoting illegal migration to alter the demographic character of the island.
He then stressed that in this difficult environment caused by Turkey, it is a national and moral obligation of all to continue the struggle for the reunification of our country, on the basis of the UN Security Council resolutions and the principles and values of the EU, stressing at the same time that it is necessary to demonstrate goodwill for the resumption of dialogue and the package of confidence-building measures that we are proposing is intended to assist this effort.
He also pointed out that we are at the same time obliged to continue working tirelessly to fully investigate the fate of the last missing person in order to close all the open wounds that have tormented their families for so many years.
The Defence Minister referred to the sacrifice of Theocharous, who until recently was on the list of missing persons. He added that his remains were found in the area of Lapithos, as part of the exhumation and identification programme by the Missing Persons' Committee. He was originally from Milikouri and before the invasion he resided in Kalo Chorio Lefka. He was married to Andriani and had a little girl, Euthalia, just one and a half years old.
Source: CNA
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