“Pictures of Varosia, Europe’s only enclosed city, after the barbaric Turkish invasion and military occupation are a shame,” says the mayor of Athens
On the state of desertification in Varosia, as well as Turkey’s actions to gradually open the area by violating international law, the mayor of Athens, Haris Doukas, spoke.
“We are in Famagusta. We see the buildings as if time has been frozen and there are cases where they are breathtaking. A building ready to be built, a floor with the irons and from behind a crane who also frozen with the rest of the city. Athens has been twinning for years with Famagusta and we are here because people need to know, “Haris Doukas said, in a video he posted on his Tiktok platform, from a visit to the area.
“Pictures of Varosia, Europe’s only enclosed city, after the barbaric Turkish invasion and military occupation are a shame. Turkey, with its unilateral energy, gradually open Varosia, violates international law and UN resolutions, trying to impose the solution of the two states on the island. A solution that contradicts the resolutions of the international community, “says the mayor of Athens.
Then, in a tour of the area, Haris Doukas stands in some buildings – landmarks that have now been delivered to abandonment. “We see the Aspelia Hotel. It operated in 1973 and of course in 1974 stopped its operation. And you still see the bullets on the walls from the Turkish invasion. This is precisely the Greek High School, without inscriptions so that it would not once appear that it was a Greek High School. And across huge Turkish flags. This is the eternal, the famous coffee, all the lovers started from Edelbis, they say. “
The Mayor of Athens then spoke with some people who once lived in the area.
“We come here to feel that our city needs. Not that we need it, as much as us, “says one of the residents to Harry Doukas.
“This is my house here. I lived here all my life, ”recalls another resident.
“We are signing every word in the resolution of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, which calls on Turkey to return to its permanent and legal residents the Varosia region and to put the area under the UN control, as provided by the resolutions. Europe and the international community cannot close their eyes to the attempt to create events, “concludes the mayor of Athens.
Source: protothema.gr