Building good will in Cyprus

A commission comprising members of the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot communities has initiated a programme for rebuilding churches and mosques on Cyprus. The Cypriot newspaper Politis welcomes the initiative: "Good will ... can improve many things, and do much to soothe the tragic memories of the catastrophe of 1974 [the Turkish invasion of Cyprus]. We welcome this attempt, which engenders feelings of trust and mutual respect on the political level regarding the history of the Greek and Turkish inhabitants of Cyprus. These feelings were ... brutally destroyed, primarily by the Turkish army, which has systematically attempted to abolish every trace of the history and culture of the Greek Cypriots in Northern Cyprus."

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