Community leaders in Tillyria are expected to press President Nikos Christodoulides on opening the Kokkina crossing point when they meet him on 19 November, the head of the area’s group of border communities said on Wednesday.
“Opening the Kokkina crossing will take the area out of isolation,” said Nikos Kleanthous, community leader of Kato Pyrgos and president of the Tillyria Border Communities Complex. He renewed his appeal to the President to stand firm on his position and keep the promises that, he said, had been made to Tillyria.
Kleanthous said the meeting had been scheduled in advance. The community leaders had also requested an emergency meeting with the President specifically on the crossing point, but because of his absence the issue is now expected to be raised on 19 November.
The meeting is also expected to cover the wider problems facing Tillyria, with particular emphasis on tackling the isolation that residents say continues to affect the area. The community leaders will set out their concerns and ask for specific action to address them, Kleanthous said.
(Information from Cyprus News Agency)
