“In full cooperation with Greece, we’re working to create the circumstances for the resumption of significant negotiations for an answer to the Cyprus downside”, stated on Monday night, the President of the Republic of Cyprus, Nikos Christodoulidis, in his speech on the annual political memorial of Mikis Theodorakis, in Chania, Crete, on the invitation of the organizers of the memorial service, throughout which President Christodoulidis was the principle speaker.
Based on an announcement by the Presidency, President Christodoulidis stated that “50 years later, in European Cyprus, a member state of the European Union since 2004, there are nonetheless refugees, 50 years later we’re experiencing the drama of the lacking, amongst them our brothers from Greece, whose destiny has not but been ascertained, we’re experiencing the violation of primary freedoms and elementary human rights of all Cypriots, the stranded, who remained, regardless of adversity, of their properties, the destruction of our cultural and spiritual heritage, the continued alteration of the demographic character of our nation, the day by day usurpation of our properties”.
He said that his personal era, the struggle era, has the accountability of eliminating the shackles of occupation, the accountability of liberating and reuniting Cyprus.
On the similar time, he underlined that “in full cooperation with Greece, which is our most secure and selfless ally, we’re working to create the circumstances for the resumption of significant negotiations to resolve the Cyprus situation”.
Moreover, he expressed “the real gratitude of Cypriot Hellenism for the sensible and secure help and help that Greece and the brotherly Greek individuals have supplied throughout these 50 years in our battle for survival, growth and justice”, declaring that “a powerful Greece is a powerful ally of the Republic of Cyprus, is a pillar of stability and safety in our area”.
“Our imaginative and prescient”, stated the President of the Republic, is a homeland with out an occupying military, with out guarantors, with out protectors saying that that is why from the primary day of his election he’s doing all the things humanly doable to restart negotiations and obtain decision of the Cyprus situation in accordance with the resolutions of the United Nations, European rules and values.
“For us, the present state of affairs will not be an choice, it can not below any circumstances be the way forward for Cyprus”, confused President Christodoulidis, stating that “regardless of the difficulties, challenges and disappointments, I nonetheless actually imagine that we are able to succeed a mutually helpful settlement'.
“In my dream”, he famous, the Republic of Cyprus, as an equal member state of the European Union, has the chance to supply all its authorized residents, Greek Cypriots, Turkish Cypriots, Maronites, Armenians and Latins, circumstances of peace, safety and prosperity.
He additionally said that as a way to obtain the answer of the nationwide downside, a mandatory situation is the existence, in motion and never in phrases, of a powerful and resilient inside entrance. “It’s a mandatory situation for the existence of a spirit of unity in Cyprus and Greece, which Theodorakis fairly often praised in his positions,” he stated.
In his speech, President Christodoulidis referred to the work and character of the Greek composer, Mikis Theodorakis, saying, amongst different issues, that “Mikis was after all not solely a uncommon grasp of music with a powerful presence in political, social and public occasions. He was a multifaceted character with a transparent place and opinion on all existential points that concern each human being…”.
On the similar time, President Christodoulidis referred to the relations of Mikis Theodorakis with Cyprus, saying that “he actually fought for the way forward for Cypriot Hellenism and was all the time current in all of the struggles of our individuals”.
“We’ll always remember what Mikis Theodorakis supplied to our occupied homeland and its individuals. And we’ll all the time owe a tear of affection to listening to the songs that endlessly marked our lives”, stated the President of the Republic of Cyprus.
It’s famous that current on the political memorial have been, amongst others, the state and municipal authorities of Crete and the Municipality of Chania, a consultant of the Prime Minister of Greece and the Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament, family members of the late Mikis Theodorakis, in addition to others official.
It’s added that throughout the occasion, a video tribute granted by RIK was proven, with footage from the primary go to of Mikis Theodorakis to Cyprus and the primary live performance he gave on the island. Subsequently, a Cretan knife and a collector's version on the Historical past of Crete got to the President of the Republic as commemorative items by the organizers of the occasion.
Lastly, it’s reported that the President of the Republic is accompanied to Crete by the Ambassador of the Republic to Greece, Stavros Augustidis and the Deputy Authorities Spokesman, Giannis Antoniou.
