PRESS RELEASE
High Commissioner of Canada visits the Committee on Missing Persons
(Nicosia, 5 July) On 4 July, the High Commissioner of Canada, H.E. Mr. Keith Morris, accompanied by Honorary Consul Mrs. Rita Severis, visited the anthropological laboratory of the CMP and met with the CMP Members and scientists. The Members briefed the High Commissioner on the work of the Committee as well as current challenges. They also conveyed the CMP’s gratitude for a recent Canadian donation which has funded the purchase of archaeological tools as well as research by a professional researcher in Canadian military archives for information on possible burial sites of missing persons in Cyprus. The CMP Members expressed the hope for continued and closer cooperation between Canada and the CMP.