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the Souda Y Katsonis Submarine visited on their national anniversary day October 28, the first Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, sending a strong message of national unity.
Sir. Mitsotakis, Among other things, in his message he stressed that it is “I am absolutely sure that with a sense of unity, a high individual but also social and collective responsibility, we will be able to face this crisis and emerge victorious again.” while going to the submarine crew, emphasized that “On behalf of all Greek men and women, I convey our thanks, our sincere thanks for their great degree of business readiness, which they have demonstrated in practice over the past two months.”
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Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s message in detail:
“Today marks the 80th anniversary of the epic of the 1940s. Then the Greeks fought together against fascism with weapons. Eighty years later, the rule of law and the power of our democracy defeated it with the main force, sending imprisonment for those nostalgic for fascism and Nazism. Today our country faces different challenges from those of 80 years ago. However, it is necessary to mobilize the same virtues that made Greece great then: national unity, elevated mentality, sense of solidarity, all these elements that allowed Greece to write its own epic 80 years ago, mobilize them now, to face the double challenge of challenging our sovereignty and sovereign rights, but also the great challenge of facing the pandemic.
Today I had the great pleasure of being here in Souda and speaking with the crew of the submarine “KATSONIS”. On behalf of all Greek men and women, I convey our thanks, our sincere thanks for your great degree of business readiness, which you have demonstrated in practice over the past two months. Our state-of-the-art submarines are the invisible and silent shields that defend our sovereign rights and I assure you that they do so with absolute professionalism.
I want these moments and as we face the second wave of the pandemic remember a little the words of George Theotokas, who 80 years ago, writing about October 28, said that he was impressed by the activation of the Greek philotyms and this feeling without precedents. National unity. As we face other challenges, let us remember these words again. I am absolutely sure that with a sense of unity, a high individual but also social and collective responsibility, we will be able to face this crisis and emerge victorious again.
Happy birthday to everyone and everyone “.
Arriving at the Cretan naval base, the prime minister made a brief stop at Agia Varvara church and then inspected a parade before entering “Katsonis”.
The Prime Minister spoke with the crew of the submarine and personally thanked all the personnel of the Armed Forces for the valuable services they offer in the homeland. “On this very important day for Hellenism I wanted to be with you, to convey my gratitude for what you have done. “You know, many of our fellow citizens were unaware of the operational capabilities of the Greek submarines,” he said. your own heroism, your self-sacrifice, the fact of spending days-weeks under the sea, isolated, alone, silent as you should be, silent, invisible, but also very strong, at the same time. So today I thought I should meet with you, talk to the crew, learn more about the operational capabilities of the submarine. Let us all understand, a little, what it means to spend so many days, so many weeks, under the sea serving our country and always defending our sovereignty and sovereign rights ”.
“My voice, my heart and the multiplier of our power is the submarine’s personnel”
Kyriakos Mitsotakis was informed by the Commander of the submarine, Captain F. Mairagas, about the operational possibilities but also about its operation. But, as the Governor said: “my voice, my heart and the multiplier of our power is the personnel of the submarine”, to add that when a mission begins the thoughts can return to the family but the mind and the heart are dedicated to homework.
The submarine “KATSONIS” is one of the most modern conventional submarines in the world with the possibility of staying in the mission area for more than 50 days and carrying out a variety of operations. Mr. Mairagas offered Kyriakos Mitsotakis, as a souvenir of the visit, the submarine’s jacket and hat as well as his coat of arms, which, with the cross, the dolphin and the torch, symbolizes the timelessness of the action of Christian sailors Greeks and especially the action of Greek submarines in the maritime zone of the Eastern Mediterranean.
“You give us the opportunity through the strong deterrent to learn the difficult path of diplomacy”
Mr. Mitsotakis spoke to the submarine’s staff of 36 total, officers, NCOs and professional hoplites.
“I wanted and I think I interpret the feelings of all the Greek people, on this important day that we celebrate the Epic of Albania, to thank them very much. Let me tell you how proud we are of the work you do, to congratulate once again the Minister, the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, because the Armed Forces demonstrate every day that they fully preserve national sovereignty, they enable us through strong deterrence . his ability to learn the difficult path of diplomacy. “I want to thank you again, today I learned a lot about the operational capabilities of our submarines,” concluded the Prime Minister.
The Prime Minister was accompanied by the Minister of National Defense, Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos, the Chief of the National Defense Staff, General Konstantinos Floros and the Commander of the Cretan Naval Base, Captain Ioannis Sarrigiannis PN.
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