2024-06-16 09:30:49
“It’s a nice honor for me that from right now I’m counted among the many residents of Kasos. Let the instance of our ancestors, who 200 years in the past sacrificed their lives for freedom, be a information for all of us in a steady artistic path”, stated the President of the Republic.
“Our nation is open to dialogue primarily based on worldwide regulation and has at all times sought good neighborly relations with all of the states of the area, whereas remaining dedicated to the protection of our nationwide independence,” stated the President of the Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou from the island of Kasos, which she is visiting for the 2 hundredth anniversary of the Heroic Island Holocaust.
Throughout the ceremony of declaring her an Honorary Citizen of Kasos, Mrs. Sakellaropoulou, after referring to the fantastic and martyred historical past of the island, spoke of one of many “valuable gems of the Dodecanese”.
Specifically, throughout her objection, the President of the Republic identified, amongst different issues: “It’s with nice pleasure that I’m right here, on the fantastic and martyred island of Kasos, one of many valuable gems of the Dodecanese, to commemorate collectively the sacrifice of the heroic victims of the Holocaust seventh June 1824. To commemorate that gloomy day, when the island was fully destroyed by the Turkish-Egyptian troops and greater than 4 thousand innocents had been led to loss of life, dishonor and captivity […] It’s subsequently an important honor for me that from right now I’m counted among the many residents of Kasos, energetic divers, tireless staff of the ocean, tireless patriots. Citizen of an attractive island, which retains its physiognomy unadulterated. I want, Mr. Mayor, that you’ll proceed the combat to enhance its fundamental infrastructure, whereas sustaining its pure magnificence and uncommon Aegean character. Let the instance of our ancestors, who 200 years in the past sacrificed their lives for freedom, be a information for all of us in a steady artistic path”.
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