Wednesday, October 01, 2008

Christofias reaches out to Turkish Cypriots in Independence Day speech

"Christofias reaches out to Turkish Cypriots in Independence Day speech
By Jean Christou

PRESIDENT Demetris Christofias reached out to Turkish Cypriots in his speech to mark today’s Independence Day, urging them to join Greek Cypriots in forging a new future.

“Cyprus belongs to all Cypriots,” he said. “It is time to learn from the bitter experiences of the past to join hands and act as Cypriots and to close our ears to interfering voices who are only seeking to lead us into accepting foreign solutions to the detriment of our own interests.”

Christofias said Cyprus was too small to be divided but “sufficiently large to accommodate all of its children”."

More: cyprus-mail.com