Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders in joint appeal for information on missing

Cyprus President Nikos Christodoulides and Ersin Tatar, the leader of the island's Turkish Cypriot community, have jointly appealed for information that could lead to the buried remains of people who vanished amid violence and war decades ago, a task with increasing urgency as eyewitnesses die.

Both Christodoulides and Tatar toured the Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) that has, since 2006, been tasked with locating, unearthing and identifying the remains of individuals who vanished during clashes in the early 1960s and the 1974 invasion.

Both leaders praised the CMP's work, which they deemed highly significant, and expressed their shared belief that the humanitarian effort should remain unaffected by political processes.

President Christodoulides stated that they are exploring ways to expedite the effort to find the missing persons, stressing that whether...