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The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mrs. Mr. Ioannis Plakiotakis, who is in Cyprus, representing the President of the Hellenic Parliament Mr. Konstantinos Tasoulas, to attend the celebrations for the black anniversaries of 1974.
Welcoming Mr. Plakiotakis, the Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament said that the presence of the First Vice President of the Hellenic Parliament on this tragic anniversary for Cyprus and its people, apart from its important symbolism, gives a strong message of solidarity and solidarity between Greece and Cyprus in the struggle for justice, on the basis of international law and European principles and values.
Plakiotakis underlined Greece's unreserved support and assistance to Cyprus in its efforts to achieve a just and viable solution to the Cyprus problem, without deviating from international and European law.
The meeting noted the close cooperation between the Parliaments of Greece and Cyprus and the possibilities of further strengthening exchanges and coordination at the bilateral level and within the framework of the trilateral mechanisms of parliamentary cooperation between Greece and Cyprus with countries of the region. The important role of parliamentary diplomacy and cooperation in this context was underlined, with the aim of developing a common strategy to address multiple challenges and defend international law and democracy against serious threats, including misinformation.
The President stressed the urgent need to resume the talks from the point where they were suspended in Crans Montana, in order to reach a solution to the Cyprus problem, in accordance with the relevant UN resolutions, which would reunite the country in conditions of lasting peace and stability. Ms Demetriou stressed that the Turkish side's insistence on a "two-state" solution cannot be accepted under any circumstances and deplored the intensifying provocations and Turkey's usurpation of Greek Cypriot properties in the occupied territories. Drawing a parallel between the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, the Speaker pointed out that Cyprus, on the basis of principles, had an additional reason to stand by Ukraine and its people from the very beginning. The serious problems faced by Greece and Cyprus, as frontline countries, were discussed, with the President of the Parliament highlighting the particularly difficult position in which the Republic of Cyprus finds itself, which receives the largest number of asylum seekers in proportion to its population among the Member States, as a result of the ongoing occupation and the instrumentalisation of the migration issue by Turkey. The need to reach a consensus among Member States towards a unified EU policy on this issue and, to this end, the need to create a common platform of frontline countries to lobby in this direction was stressed.
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