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The President of the Republic, referring to the incident against a Turkish Cypriot woman, said that it was not an incident due to the fact that they were Turkish Cypriots, Greek Cypriots and we should not give it such a dimension, while noting that any act of violence is condemnable. In his statements to journalists, while attending the opening of an exhibition of paintings by Makis Keravnos, the President of the Republic Mr. Nikos Christodoulides was asked what he said to Mr.
"Any incident of violence is reprehensible and I am glad that the police reacted immediately."
"Any incident of violence is reprehensible and I am glad that the police reacted immediately."
"Any incident of violence is reprehensible and I am glad that the police reacted immediately.
My call to Mr Tatar was to explain to him that as far as I had been informed, this was not an incident due to the fact that they were Turkish Cypriots, Greek Cypriots and so on. And we should not give it such a dimension.
In 2003 the late Rauf Denktash allowed the partial lifting of the restrictions and we had the opening of the barricades thinking that in a week, two weeks there would be such incidents between Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots that would reinforce his own narrative that we cannot live together.
I want to welcome the immediate attitude and reaction of the police, it is being investigated, and any incident of violence is reprehensible."
I want to welcome the immediate attitude and reaction of the police, it is being investigated, and any incident of violence is reprehensible. Asked by a reporter if there was a new incident at the Ledra Street barricade involving a Turkish man attacking Greek Cypriot police officers, the President said: "I hear some criticism that Mr Tatar did not call me on the occasion of this incident you mentioned. We are a state, we are not a pseudo-state, we are an EU member state, a state under the rule of law. We are not a pseudo-state and it is good for everyone to know that."
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