The Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus (CMP) has expressed its sincere thanks to Turkey for its donation of EUR €92,000 to the committee.
This donation brings the Turkish financial assistance to the CMP to a total of EUR €826,000 over the past ten years.
A statement issued by the Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus has said that this donation to the CMP Project on the Exhumation, Identification and Return of Remains of Missing Persons in Cyprus will contribute to the Committee’s goal of identifying and returning as many remains of missing individuals as possible in order to bring an end to the suffering which has affected so many families for so many years.
The statement also pointed out that so far the remains of 750 missing persons have been identified and returned to the families for burial.
The CMP relies on donor support to alleviate the suffering of the concerned families, it added.
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