I want to take a moment to mark an anniversarya 15th anniversary. While most anniversaries are happy occasions. however. this one is. unfortunately. a very sad one. Mr. Speaker. July 20. 1974. was the day that Turkish troops undertook the invasion of Cyprus that resulted in the occupation and colonization of 40 percent of the previous independent Republics territory. Today. 15 years after the invasion. thousands of Turkish troops and scores of thousands of settlers from Turkey are illegally occupying and exploiting the properties of 200.000 displaced GreekCypriots who have become refugees in the land of their birth. Rather than conciliatory steps. Mr.
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