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European history educators who gathered in Cyprus to discuss intercultural dialogue and the role of history in international understanding and respect are continuing their activities.

As part of their program, the history educators visited Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot schools yesterday.

A series of workshops were also held in the afternoon.

The 16th annual conference of the European Association of History Educators kicked off at the Ledra Palace on monday.

The Conference entitled “Taking the Perspective of the Others: Intercultural Dialogue and Teaching & Learning History” began at the Ledra Palace hotel .

7 teachers union’ from both sides of Cyprus are attending the conference.

In total, 150 history educators from 30 countries are participating in the Conference which will continue until the 15th.

Among those attending today’s opening ceremony were the UN Special Representative for Cyprus and the Chief of Mission Taye-Brook Zerihoun, the Programme Manager of the UNDP-ACT Jaco Cilliers, the EU Commission’s Cyprus Representative Charilaos Bouzouras and an official from the Council of Europe’s History Education Programme Tatiana Milko.

Delivering the opening speech, the UN Special Representative for Cyprus Taye-Brook Zerihoun touched upon the ongoing negotiations process between the two leaders in Cyprus and said efforts by the two leaders are raising hopes for a comprehensive settlement on the island.

‘I can not think any other place and theme for such a conference more suitable than Cyprus’ he added.

EUROCLIO is an organization which places balanced history at the centre of education of responsible national and global citizens, of fostering international understanding, respect and cooperation.

The organization primarily aims to promote and support the development of history education so that it strengthens peace, stability, democracy and critical thinking.

EUROCLIO affirms that the past does not stop at borders and that history education has a great impact on how people look at the world around them.

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Lose the picasso on the side of the mountain and then we can talk historical events bayarak boy...

Rubbing salt into wounds and then screaming history books are biased ain't the way...