The Athens News website reports that Greek Foreign Minister Grigoris Delavekouras said today (December 27, 2010) -- referring to a ban on Greek Orthodox religious ceremonies in the occupied Karpassia peninsula in Cyprus -- that "the forbidding of a religious ceremony to be held on Christmas day in Rizokarpasso and Yialousa constitutes a very serious violation of the human rights of the enclaved Greek Cypriots of Karpasia, and reveals the real face of the occupation regime, leaving exposed those who support it and are trying to beautify it."
The Turkish occupation forces stopped a religious service on Christmas day, at the Turkish-occupied villages of Rizoparpasso and Yialousa, where Greek Cypriots have been living under illegal Turkish occupation since 1974.
Delavekouras added, "the unacceptable negative actions of the occupation regime do not contribute to the creation of a climate facilitating the progress of negotiations and achieving a mutually acceptable solution to the Cyprus issue."
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