"Working together to find mass graves
By John Leonidou
EXPERTS from the INFORCE Foundation, in agreement with the Committee of Missing Persons in Cyprus (CMP) to locate Cypriots missing since 1974, have began digging suspected mass graves in the Trachonas area located in north Nicosia.
Digging began in the area yesterday under strict security from the Turkish Cypriot authorities. So far no discoveries have been reported.
The CMP have said that the digging, which is also being overlooked by two INFORCE physicians, is aimed at locating mass graves rather than opening them.
Speaking on the recent digging, the government spokesman Kypros Chrysostomides told reporters �the whereabouts and efforts to locate the missing Cypriots is a prime concern for President Tassos Papadopoulos.�
Meanwhile, the Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat, said the digging is being done �for research purposes� and that the authorities will not start opening up graves at this moment.
�For the last 30 years we have had information that there are people buried here,� he said. �We have to establish if this is true or false.�"
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