He said that proclamations in favour of the basic principles of international law and respect for the independence and sovereignty of peoples should not be made selectively and at will.
Perhaps more than ever before, we proclaim our adherence and commitment to international law and to a solution that ends the invasion and occupation, and restores and safeguards the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all our people. Tsiolas said that the example of the heroes of the Greek Revolution and our liberation struggle must guide our path towards the vindication of our visions, for freedom and the reunification of Cyprus.
Our struggle is a struggle of the whole Hellenism, of the whole nation. In this struggle, the message of 1821 and the spirit of 1955 determine our attitude and resistance. We believe in the vindication of our struggle. We believe in the vindication of Cyprus. He said that both struggles, the Greek Revolution and EOKA, are characterized by many similarities, both in the data, their operational action and their results, as well as in the international context and the role played by the great powers in both historical eras. Tsiolas said that 1821 is always relevant because it teaches us that "greatness in nations is not measured by the acre, but by the heart's fire and measured by blood" and because it demonstrates the value of faith in an idea, even if its realization is difficult and carries risks, such as the idea of independence and freedom after 400 years of darkness and slavery.
With the same faith in freedom, Cyprus rose up. The same principles and values of the Greek Revolution inspired our own liberation struggle. Common were the motives that drove the fighters to acts of heroism and self-sacrifice, the love for freedom and the preservation of the dignity of the Greek. What is also common is the realization that Freedom is not offered by foreigners, but is conquered by the will and struggles of the people, he said.
The Cabinet Secretary said that our small people dared to take on a mighty empire and at the call of the homeland, with the blessings of the political leader of the Struggle Archbishop Makarios and the proclamations of the military leader Digenes, young and old, girls in their school uniforms and women who only knew their homes or worked the land with their husbands.
He said that we do not forget and honor our heroes, the countless known and unknown freedom fighters, clergy and laity, students and schoolgirls, teachers, women, farmers and in general all the ordinary people who supported the Struggle for four years, knowing that life is only glorified in conditions of freedom.
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