Despite the President of the Republic's efforts for progress on the Cyprus problem and a return to talks, Turkey continues to escalate its provocative and aggressive behaviour, Interior Minister Nikos Nouris noted, adding that Ankara is constantly violating international law and the law of the sea, with its illegal actions directed against the sovereignty and sovereign rights of the Republic of Cyprus.
In a commemorative speech at the National Memorial Service of Members of the O.H.E.E.N. Nicosia who fell during the 1955-1959 EOKA struggle, the Interior Minister stressed that Turkey's unacceptable attitude "puts on ice" any effort for a return to talks by our side, which has been submitted through the President of the Republic with our readiness to discuss confidence-building measures (CBMs).
He said that the measures are aimed, on the one hand, at creating a climate of confidence between the two sides and, on the other hand, at better preparing the ground for the resumption of the negotiating process on the basis of the agreed form of a bizonal bicommunal federation solution.
Mr. Nouris also said that to the shameful actions of the occupier is added the instrumentalization of illegal immigrants who are being pushed by the thousands from Turkey through the Green Line to the areas controlled by the Republic of Cyprus, with the danger of demographic change just around the corner.
The Government condemns in every direction the illegal actions, which are contrary to international law and Security Council resolutions, stressing the need to reverse the Turkish actions, including the fait accompli operating in the closed town of Varosha, he continued.
"We bow to the memory of the seven heroic members of the Nicosia OHEN, whose glorious deeds will continue to command the unyielding struggle and continuous efforts for the longed-for freedom and the reunification of our homeland," he said of the commemorated heroes.
He also made a brief reference to each of the heroes Iakovos Patatsos, Peter Eliades, Michael Giorgallas, Markos Drakos, Nikos Georgiou, Stylianos Lena, Panagiotis Georgiadis, noting that the church was the emblem bearer, the teacher and the preacher of the values for the uprising of freedom.
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