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UN Secretary General’s Special Adviser on Cyprus Espen Barth Eide has said that the situation as it stands after the Conference on Cyprus, in Crans-Montana, Switzerland which ended without a positive conclusion, is “complicated”, adding that he has not seen any immediate developments.
Stating that Turkey has put forth its stance towards finding a solution to the Cyprus problem, Turkish Minister of National Defence Fikri Işık stressed that Turkey will continue in its own way, and will not make any concessions over the Turkish Cypriot people’s national interests in Cyprus.
The Committee on Missing Persons has announced that President Mustafa Akıncı has donated €50,000 to the Committee on behalf of the Turkish Cypriot side.
The Turkish Cypriot side has donated €358,000 in total to the Committee on Missing Persons over the last 11 years. The Committee conducts ongoing investigations to identify missing persons in Cyprus and return them to their families.
Up to the present day the Committee on Missing Persons has found the remains of 792 missing persons from both the Turkish and Greek Cypriot sides, and returned them to their families.
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