The Republic of Cyprus supports the efforts of the Armenians for international recognition of their genocide, President Nicos Anastasiades has said.

Moreover President Anastasiades says, according to the press release, that “the Republic of Cyprus supports the efforts of the Armenians for international recognition of the genocide and notes that Cyprus has been one of the first countries, the first in Europe and the second worldwide, which recognised this terrible crime and asks for the historical truth to be established.”

Addressing the Armenians of Cyprus, the President notes that they have contributed “in a substantive way to the progress we have achieved to our common homeland, and our co-existence constitutes an example for the whole world.”