“It’s an unspeakable tragedy, it’s something we watch every day and, if you like, it’s also a message for our own government, for every government in every country, that all those actions should be taken beforehand so that these kinds of tragedies can be avoided developments“, said the President of the Republic of Cyprus, Nikos Christodoulidis, regarding the fatal train accident in Greece.

THE President of the Republicaccompanied by the members of the Council of Ministers, this morning laid a wreath at the Imprisoned Monuments and then signed the visitors’ book of the Imprisoned Monuments, while he also visited a book exhibition dedicated to the EOKA ΄’55-’59 matches which is exhibited in an adjacent area.

Called, among other things, to comment on the tragedy in Tempe, where they are still two Cypriots are missingPresident Christodoulidis noted:

“As I understand it is due to human error. It’s a tragedy. There are two of our compatriots, we are in contact with the families. Yesterday the Minister of Foreign Affairs, on my instructions, spoke with the families of our two compatriots. Both our embassy in Athens and the Consulate General in Thessaloniki are with them and we hope to have news regarding the situation as soon as possible».