Mr. Speaker. I come to the floor today with both sadness and hope to commemorate the 18th anniversary of Turkeys invasion of the Nation of Cyprus. I feel sadness because for the last 18 years. the Island and people of Cyprus have been separated by an occupying foreign military force. the Turkish Army. Tens of thousands of refugees fled both south and north In 1974 and have not see their homes since that time and 1.614 GreekCypriots and 5 American citizens disappeared and have not been heard from since. I also feel hope. however. Last month. Cypriot President George Vassiliou and the leader of the Islands Turkish Cypriots.
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