Rally for Cyprus 2009 -2of8 - Peter Droussiotis speech

In his opening address as President of the National Federation of Cypriots in the UK, Mr Peter Droussiotis said, amongst other things:

The division of Cyprus is a scar on the face of the island, an anachronism in the Europe of the 21st century, a tragedy for all of the islands people that must not be allowed to continue. This is a division created by Turkey and sustained by it through force of arms. Turkey must, at long last, be held to account.

We are here today to remind the British Government of its historic responsibilities to Cyprus. We call upon the Prime Minister to use Britains influence over Turkey proactively and decisively. The United Kingdom must exert real pressure on the Turkish Government to support with deeds not merely with empty words the true unity of the island.

The full text of the speech by Mr Peter Droussiotis is available at:

http://www.cypriotfederation.org.uk/index.php?option=com_simplelists&view...

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The annual July London Rally for Cyprus was the culmination of

a series of events, organised by the National Federation of

Cypriots in the UK ( http://www.cypriotfederation.org.uk ), to mark the twin anniversaries of the fascist coup by the military junta then ruling Greece on 15h July 1974, and the illegal invasion of Cyprus by the Turkish army which followed 5 days later, on 20th July and continued during August 1974.

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