Greece will defend its rights as a nation, without backing down or making concessions, President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos » declared Wednesday in Thessaloniki, in a message intended for Greece’s neighbors but also for the European Union and the international community.
Speaking at a dinner given in his honor at the Thessaloniki Officers’ Mess by Lieutenant General Alkiviadis Stefanis, Commanding General of Army Corps C/NRDC-GRPavlopoulos made clear that the crisis would not affect how Greece defends its rights and territory.
“We tell our neighbors and everyone that despite the crisis, for us Greeks there can be no concessions when it comes to defending our history, our present and our future. We do not claim anything that does not belong to us, but neither do we intend to give up what is ours, based on our history and the legal order that governs the global community and the EU.” he said.
Anyone who imagines that the crisis undermine The morale of the Greeks and their armed forces would be a serious mistake, as others have done in the past, he added.
In a message to Skopje, Pavlopoulos emphasized that “Macedonia is one and it is Greek”, and that the story was based on facts and not on fantasies. “Claims to territories and names violate European law. As long as they continue to make such claims, they will never join the EU or other international organizations,” he said.
Speaking in Ankara, he stressed that the Lausanne Treaty was also part of international law and that any failure to implement and comply with it carried sanctions. “Greece will not tolerate any direct or indirect challenge to its national sovereignty,” Pavlopoulos said.
Regarding the Cyprus On this issue, the President said that the continued presence of Turkish occupation troops in Cyprus was a source of shame for the EU and the international community.
“Cyprus and Greece will not allow the adventure of the Annan plan to be repeated… they say no to the solution of a confederation, because a confederation within the EU is inconceivable. The Cyprus question cannot be resolved only under the following conditions: a single international personality, a single nationality, full sovereignty, no occupying armies and no guarantees” Pavlopoulos said.
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