President of the Republic, Nikos Christodoulides, has welcomed the decision of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe regarding the property aspect of the displaced in Cyprus, due to the Turkish invasion of the island in 1974.
“I welcome with satisfaction today’s decision of the Committee of Deputy Ministers of the Council of Europe, which was taken in the context of examining the implementation of the European Court of Human Right’s decision in the case of the Fourth Interstate Application of the Republic of Cyprus against Turkey, regarding the aspect related to the property of the displaced,” the President said in a post on ‘X’.
Our foreign policy, he stressed, “among many other things, upgrades the international status of the Republic of Cyprus, strengthens our great effort and contributes decisively to our negotiating power on the Cyprus issue.”
Cyprus has been divided since 1974, when Turkey invaded and occupied its northern third. Repeated rounds of UN-led peace talks have so far failed to yield results. The latest round of negotiations, in July 2017 at the Swiss resort of Crans-Montana ended inconclusively.