Greek Prime Minister makes historic visit to Cyprus for invasion anniversary

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Kyriakos Mitsotakis has made history as the first Greek Prime Minister to attend Cyprus anniversary events amid 50 years since the Turkish invasion.

Mitsotakis was on the island on Saturday and attended an event at the presidential palace in Nicosia.

Mitsotakis stated that Cyprus’ continuous division is “unthinkable” and expressed his hope that the island will be eventually reunified. 

“As I told President [Recep Tayyip] Erdogan during our recent meeting in Washington, it is unthinkable that Cyprus, an EU member state, remains divided fifty years after the tragedy of 1974,” Mitsotakis said in his weekly social media address on Sunday. 

“Our wish and hope is that the two communities will take advantage of the new opportunity presented and sit at the table to find a solution within the framework of UN resolutions, under the non-negotiable condition that any potential agreement will recognise one sovereignty, one citizenship and one international personality. In this effort, our Cypriot brothers have the support and backing of Greece.”

In a post on X, Cyprus’ Presidential office thanked Mitsotakis for his visit, regarding it as “not only of symbolic importance but… one of substance.”

“[The visit] reflects the level of relations between our two countries, the sincerity and mutual respect between two brotherly states,” the statement added.

Source: Ekathimerini.

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