Foreign Ministry pledges help to overseas Cypriots

The aim of the Foreign Ministry is to support POMAK and PSEKA by granting every possible assistance in implementing their pursuits, Minister Erato Kozakou Markoulli told a gathering of overseas Cypriots in Nicosia.

Addressing the delegates of the Central Councils of the World Federation of Overseas Cypriots (POMAK) and the International Coordinating Committee-Justice for Cyprus (PSEKA) who are meeting in Nicosia on August 21-24, together with NEPOMAK (World Organisation for Young Cypriots) and the World Council of Hellenes Abroad (SAE), Markoulli stressed the role that overseas Cypriots play in the struggle for a just solution to the Cyprus issue, a solution which will “reunify our island, our people, society, economy and the state’s institutions”.

She said the role of overseas Cypriots in this struggle “has been valuable and has led to creating access and promoting our positions both at the European and US arenas”.

Markoulli said that the government remains committed to a Cypriot solution, which all the lawful residents of the island will embrace and which will comply with the principles of international law, the UN Security Council resolutions, the High Level Agreements and the fundamental principles of the EU.

The Foreign Ministry, she said, “is well aware of the struggles by overseas Cypriots to maintain and promote in their second homelands, our spiritual tradition and civilization. We are grateful to them because they pass on to the next generations the principles and values which derive from our long history, but also the language and the religion which are the cornerstone of the Hellenic diaspora”.
She said the Foreign Ministry has announced measures to promote the role of their organizations and “our intention is to continue on this direction”.