Hope that the war in Ukraine ends and international law prevails now, expressed the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports and Youth Prodromos Prodromou, drawing a parallel with the problem of the Turkish invasion and occupation that Cyprus has been facing for 48 years.
According to a statement by the Ministry of Education, speaking at the annual music event entitled "Cypriots' Concert" organised by the Cyprus Cultural Centre in Vienna, yesterday in the Austrian capital, Mr. Prodromou referred to the declaration of the EU Ministers of Culture against the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the solidarity with the Ukrainian people and the people of culture of the affected country.
"We all demand an immediate end to the war and the prevalence of international law," Prodromou said in his address: "And I will add the hope that Ukrainians will not wait 48 years demanding an end to the occupation of their homeland and the withdrawal of foreign troops, as is the case in Cyprus, with the Turkish army continuing its occupation of part of our homeland since 1974."
"We expect that international law will prevail now."
[P PRODROMOU SAID THAT THE CONCERT HAS NOW BECOME AN INSTITUTION AND IS HELD UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND IS ORGANIZED IN COOPERATION BETWEEN THE MINISTRY AND THE CYPRUS YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (CNO) WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF THE CYPRUS MUSIC SCHOOLS AND UNDER THE ARTISTIC SUPERVISION OF CYPRIOT BARITONE AND PRESIDENT OF THE CYPRUS CULTURAL CENTRE OF VIENNA, CYRUS PATSALIDES.He noted that the event takes place in the context of efforts to strengthen cultural relations between the two countries.
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