“51 years since Attila’s barbaric invasion, the Cyprus issue remains an open wound for Hellenism, Europe and international law,” PASOK President Nikos Androulakis said in a statement.

As the opposition leader points out: “We don’t forget the deadthe missing, the refugees. The truth is not limited. The story is not revised. Occupation is not legalized. The systematic challenges of Turkish leadership, such as Varossia and the Illegal requirement to recognize the pseudo -statethey will never find a response from the international community. The pseudo -state is a creation of the invasion. He has never and will never gain any legitimacy. “

“We are fighting for the only fair and sustainable solution that is to reunite the island on the basis of United Nations Security Council resolutions, without guarantees, without occupation troops. As long as the wound of the Cyprus issue remains open, this race will continue, ” Mr. Androulakis concludes.

SYRIZA: The struggle for the end of the Occupation and for the reunification of Cyprus remains timely

SYRIZA-PS in his announcement states:

“Today is 51 years since the illegal Turkish invasion in July 1974 in Cyprus, which followed the coup of the junta of the colonels. We don’t forget what damage the betrayal her Cyprus by row.

A crime, with a tragic report of thousands of dead, injured and missing and more than 200,000 refugees, led to the illegal occupation of 37% of Cyprus. We honor the memory those who fought and They lost life We are supported by the Drama of the families of the missing.

We will not cease to support Cyprus’s request and claim for a fair and sustainable solution, under the decisions of the United Nations Security Council. The only basis for a solution is the bi -zonal, bi -communal federation, with a sovereignty, a citizenship and an international representation, with the abolition of guarantees and the withdrawal of occupation troops that will benefit both Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots.

The international community, and in particular the European Union, cannot and should not close its eyes and avoid reference to the ongoing illegal Turkish occupation. The struggle for the end of the Occupation and for the reunification of Cyprus remains timely.

SYRIZA-PS will continue to strive for the justification of the struggles of the Cypriot peoplein order to put an end to this miserable regime of partition. ”

Socrates Famellou

“51 years after the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, we honor the memory of the fallen and stand on the side of the Cypriot people.

Europe and the international community cannot close their eyes into the occupation and partition of Cyprus, in violation of international law and human rights.

We demand that UN decisions be implemented. And Europe is taking steps to illegally possession of a European country from Turkey.

The withdrawal of the troops and the resumption of discussions from where they stopped in 2017 are required immediately, with the aim of creating a bi -zonal -bi -communal federation. And that is why essential initiatives of the Greek government are required.

Peace and justice are not only demands of the Cypriot people. It is the obligation of Europe, but also the demand of all progressive and democratic citizens and peoples all over the world. “

The KKE announcement

“51 years have passed by the crime against the Cypriot people, the Turkish invasion that resulted in thousands of dead, missing and displaced and the occupation of 37% of Cyprus, which lasts to this day. The necessary alibi for the invasion of the NATO Turkish Army was given a few days before the NATO Greek junta was also given, with the coup orchestrated against the Makarios government, while the US and NATO itself was overtly covered by the invasion. This historical truth rejects the narratives according to which this kind of alliances can provide safeguarding the sovereign rights of any people. “ emphasizes in his announcement, the KKE and adds:

“This is what the Cypriot people are experiencing today, as Cyprus’s accession to the EU, the strengthening of NATO relations, the strategic alliances with the US and the Israeli Democratic State, not only do not have the beneficial effect on the search for” fair “solution to the Cyprus and the Cyprus Solution, Dangerous arrangements, on the territory of the island’s upgrading to Euro-Atlantic planning, the Bazaar for EU-Turkey relations and Greek-Turkish relations, as well as overall dangerous war developments in the region.

As in Greece – with a recent example of the maritime area between Crete and Libya – so in Cyprus, the unfounded expectations cultivated for the role of the island as an energy hub in the area and the guarantee of the involvement of large energy giants for the US.

On the same background, the role of the pseudo -state in Turkey’s strategy is upgraded and is tool as a military base and a means of claiming energy resources in the region and attempts to open the way for “direct trade, flights and contacts” of other states with the pseudo -state. With the complicity of the Euro -Atlantic factor, the plan of the “two constituent states”, which is a dichotomic solution, is promoted, like the one rejected by the Cypriot people in the referendum on the “Annan Plan”, while strengthening the possibility of Cyprus’s state partition, in which the Cyprus states.

“The most dangerous element is that, under the responsibility of the above factors, the Cyprus problem has been weakened as an international problem of invasion and occupation. This unacceptable and impassable discussion framework was also confirmed at the recent informal five -member meeting in New York » He points out the KKE and ends in its announcement:

“What is needed today is the development of the coordinated labor-bait, Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots, against imperialist plans for the island, for the reunification of Cyprus and its people, to raise a wall of resistance to nationalism and cosmopolitanism, and the cosmopolitanism, A citizenship and international personality, a common homeland of Greek Cypriots, Turkish Cypriots, Maronites, Armenians and Latins, without occupation and all kinds of foreign troops and bases, without guarantors and patrons, with the people dominant. “