Political parties to visit UNPA to mark the International Day of Peacekeepers

A gathering to honour the fallen UN peacekeepers will be held on Monday at UNFICYP headquarters in Nicosia, in the presence of Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot political party leaders and their representatives.
An UNFICYP statement said “the leaders and representatives of the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot political parties who participate in regular bi -communal meetings at the Ledra Palace under the auspices of the Embassy of the Slovak Republic will visit UNFICYP HQ at the Blue Beret Camp within the UN Protected Area in Nicosia on Monday, 30 May 2016.”
During the event the political party leaders will lay wreaths during a ceremony to honour fallen peacekeepers on the occasion of the International Day of UN Peacekeepers.
There will also be a UN briefing for political parties on demining activities and statements to the press will follow.