Madam Speaker. It was 19 years ago today that Turkish troops invaded and subsequently occupied over a third of the territory of the Republic of Cyprus. causing the loss of 6.000 lives and the forcible expulsion of 200.000 GreekCypriots who became refugees in their own country. Every year at this time. I join with many of my colleagues to commemorate this tragic anniversary. and to remind the Members of this House. the American people and the world that this lovely Island in the Mediterranean remains a land divided by barbed wire and bitterness. But this year. we wish to draw special attention to the 1.619 missing persons.
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