Our main priority remains the achievement of a solution that will ensure a united Cyprus, where UN resolutions and EU decisions will be faithfully implemented, Government Spokesman Marios Pelekanos said yesterday.
In his speech at the events of the Municipality of Kilkis in honour of the heroic martyr of the national liberation struggle of EOKA, Gregory Afxentios, held at the Municipality's Conference Centre in Kilkis, The Representative said that "only in this case we can close this open wound in the heart of the Eastern Mediterranean and function as a European state of peace, prosperity and progress for our people and our neighbours".
And only in this case, he added, "we will be able to justify the sacrifices and the sacred blood of heroes such as the honoured Gregory Afxentios".
In his address, the Representative referred to the contribution of Gregory Afxentios, who with "virtue and courage, First among the first, the Brave of the Brave, became a national holocaust on 3 March 1957 and occupied a prominent place in the heroic pantheon of the Cypriot epic of 1955-59.
Twenty-nine years old, Gregory became one with the idea of the Nation. He identified body and soul with the Gospel and Greece, Pelecanos said, and "sanctified with his holy and honest blood the sacred legacy of his race, leading with dignity to sacrifice, fulfilling the supreme duty of Leftheria!"
Gregory Afxentios, but also the generation of 55'-'59 in general, which we honour with great pride, "wrote an epic of the soul. They fought with ethics and self-denial and gave everything they had of value for their country". Undoubtedly, he added, "we have an obligation not only to remember their contribution, but, above all, to intensify our efforts to protect our nation from visible enemies and foreign intrusions."
Today, however, the tragic events that we witness every day around us, both within and without, and especially in Ukraine, trample on respect for eternal, unchanging values and ideals of human existence. The violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of an independent country is a clear violation of international law.
The Representative stressed that the fragile political situation, as it is evolving and the visible dangers that consequently lurk, "oblige us on the one hand to stand in practical solidarity with the Ukrainian people, demonstrating humanity and sensitivity, and on the other hand to stand united with the European family to which we belong, strengthening its multidimensional role and influence on current developments".
In this context, the President of the Republic is making concerted efforts in full consultation with the Greek Government, in order to address the dead end of Turkish provocations and threats against Cyprus and Hellenism in general.
Our main priority, he added, "remains the achievement of a solution that will ensure a united Cyprus, where UN resolutions and EU decisions will be faithfully implemented."
Source: CNA
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