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The President of the Republic Mr. Nicos Christodoulides visited this morning the Anthropological Laboratory of the Missing Persons' Committee (MMP) at the old Nicosia Airport site, together with the leader of the Turkish Cypriot community Mr. Ersin Tatar.
President Christodoulides and Mr. Tatar were shown around the premises of the Anthropological Laboratory by the three members of the CMP and were briefed extensively on the work of the Commission, where it is located and the problems it faces.
After the visit, in the presence of the leaders of the two communities, Mr. Sergiy Illarionov, Head and Coordinator of the Office of Good Offices of the UN Secretary General in Cyprus, made the following statement to the media. Ersin Tatar and Greek Cypriot leader A.E. Mr. Nikos Christodoulides visited the Anthropological Laboratory of the Cyprus Missing Persons' Committee (MMP), where they were briefed on the ongoing work of the Committee.
The Greek Cypriot leader and the Turkish Cypriot leader expressed their full support for the effective work of the Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus, their recognition and appreciation for the work carried out by the members of the Committee, the staff of the Anthropological Laboratory and all the staff involved in the remarkable work of the Committee.
They reiterated their belief that the ICRC is clearly carrying out humanitarian work, stressed the importance of the ICRC's detachment from political issues, and called on all concerned not to politicize this crucial work.
Both leaders called on those with information on possible burial sites to share it with the ICRC, reminding witnesses that they can request confidentiality for any information they provide, as reliable information can speed up the whole process of locating, exhuming and identifying the remains of missing persons.
They stressed the need to continue uninterrupted efforts to locate and identify all missing persons.
The two leaders reaffirmed their understanding that the responsibility of the ICRC is first and foremost towards the families of the missing persons, as it offers an end to the affected families through the return of the remains of their loved ones for proper burial in accordance with their own religious traditions and practices."
The President of the Republic was accompanied at the CMP Anthropological Workshop by the Government Spokesman Mr. Constantinos Letibiotis and the Negotiator of the Greek Cypriot side Mr. Menelaos Menelaou.
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