We are intensifying ways to stop illegal crossings at the green line[/B] and maximizing the returns and deportations of those who are not entitled to stay in our country, said the Interior Minister.
"For those who do not grumble and set false objectives for the guarding of the Green Line, we refer to the escalating reactions of all European countries, which one after the other, realizing the need to limit the migratory flood, are intensifying protection measures."
Let alone us, who are called upon to guard Thermopylae in a semi-occupied homeland, Nikos Nouris added during his speech at the national memorial of heroes of the community of St. John Pitsilia.
Despite the President's declared commitment to the resumption of the negotiation process, he continued, unfortunately, Ankara's unstated aspirations and the unrealistic Turkish demand for a two-state solution are dynamiting relations between the two sides and creating an end to the effort to resolve the Cyprus problem.
Turkey, however, he added, apart from its systematic policy of colonization of the occupied part of Cyprus, in recent years it has also engaged in a "alien type of colonization" of the free areas through the illegal channeling of irregular migrants, who are being pushed by the thousands across the Green Line to the areas controlled by the Republic of Cyprus.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs spoke of Turkey's clear and obvious aim to demographically alter Cyprus, but also to cause economic, social and political problems to the Greek Cypriot community. "In the face of these nascent problems of alteration of our demography, risks to our stability and security, we are responding in a concrete way."
And while the Greek Cypriot side, he said, remains steadfast in its efforts to build a peaceful future based on the principles of respect for democracy and human rights, the clouds of Turkish provocative behaviour and rhetorical tension are getting thicker and thicker. "Turkey and, unfortunately, the Turkish Cypriot side are deliberately choosing to trample on the prospects for a solution and the reunification of the country, deviating from the relevant Security Council Resolutions and the principles and values of the European Union".
Nikos Nouris referred to the heroes of the community in 1974, Anastasis Pitta who was in the 33rd Ranger Squadron, Savvas Malekkidis in the 21st Company of the 32nd Ranger Squadron, Christoforos Yatro, a reservist in 316 T.P, Kostas Moiranthi, volunteer of the Civil Defence, but also Dimos Dimosthenous, whose name remains in the list of the missing, as his fate has been missing since July 22, 1974, when he was last seen in the area of Pella Pais, with reservists of the 32nd Ranger Squadron.
"The heroic land of the Pitsilia Community honors today its worthy children who did their duty to their country in full," he said.
Their heroic figure will serve forever as a springboard for defending the rights of our people, illuminating like an unquestioning light the difficult path of honour and duty for the struggle we are waging to find a solution to the Cyprus problem, he added. A struggle, he concluded, which must be common and determined, because only with unity and unanimity will we succeed in defending the Republic of Cyprus, transforming it into a reunited, federal, modern European state, free from armies of occupation.
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