September will bring to light more information on the ‘Cyprus file’ of Greece, as informed sources of SigmaLive have said that the process of opening the file is no longer ‘frozen’, and has for some time been archived.
The same sources told SigmaLive that Greece and Cyprus have been working together, through the cooperation of their parliamentary committees of experts, who are archiving the information, characterised as ‘labour-intensive’. September is expected to be a major turning point for the post-invasion time, as the whole process for opening the ‘Cyprus file’ will be made known.
SigmaLive’s sources have also mentioned that meetings are expected to take place among authorities as the ‘Cyprus file’ opens.
“It is work that requires many hours of work,” the same sources from Greece mentioned. “We are working very carefully,” they added.
“We owe it to all generations”
Turkish invasion of 1974
On May 27, Greece’s Defence Minister Panos Kammenos had announced that they would be opening the file on the island and the Turkish invasion of 1974.
Specifically, he said, “As Defence Minister and along with the Generals of the national defence, we will open all of the files that deal with the past, so the people can learn about all the things in the past. And we will make public the file of Cyprus. The Greek people need to learn the whole truth, as we owe it to the generations to come.”
The head of the Parliamentary Committee on the Cyprus File, Marinos Sizopoulos, had then told SigmaLive that they had not been aware the file would be opened, however the move would shed light on some areas that remain unknown regarding the invasion.
The protocol and use of the file
In June 2015 Greece had agreed to give Cyprus full access to the ‘Cyprus File’, when former House President Yiannakis Omirou had visited Athens.
It had been agreed by Omirou and the head of the Greek Parliament Nikos Voutsis that material will only be used for parliamentary or scientific and historical purposes following approval from both the Greek and Cypriot Presidents and their respective parliaments.
They had also agreed that Cyprus would complete access given to documents – selected by the Examining Committee of the Greek Parliament on the file – regarding the events before and during the coup on July 15, 1974 and the Turkish invasion that followed.
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