Unficyp urges both sides to show up at Ledra Palace open house

UNFICYP’S annual open house for Greek and Turkish Cypriots will take place tomorrow at the Ledra Palace hotel.

The bi-communal Open House, now in its third year, gives families from both sides an opportunity, not only to meet each other but to get a firsthand glimpse of Unficyp’s work and personnel.

According to a UN announcement, there will be games for the children as well as music and dance groups from both communities.

Different Unficyp contingents will play their national music and offer food and refreshments during the open house. Unficyp will also display its equipment, including a helicopter and an armoured personnel carrier.

Activities will include abseiling from the roof of the hotel and playing crazy golf.

Peo union federation yesterday called on all its members and their families to attend the bi-communal events, which last year attracted 4,000 people from each side.

An announcement from the union yesterday said the mass attendance by Greek and Turkish Cypriots would provide a platform for rapprochement for a common future and common homeland.

Greek and Turkish Cypriot unions meet regularly to sort out labour issues which may come up in the event of a federal solution.

The latest meeting between Peo and Turkish Cypriot union Dev-Is took place on Wednesday in the occupied areas.

Representatives from the two unions exchanged views on the latest developments in the Cyprus problem.

They also discussed the problems of unemployment among Turkish Cypriot workers and plans for the organisation of the next All-island Trade Union Forum in 1998.

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