The parade of military and political units has started and is ongoing, in front of the President of the Republic Katerina Sakellaropoulou, on the seafront Avenue of Megalo Alexandrou in Thessaloniki.

Before the start of the parade, the President of the Republic placed a wreath on the Hero of the 3rd Army Corps. The procession with the president of the Republic stopped dozens of meters before the official platform and Mrs. Sakellaropoulou walked the distance to the platform where she was welcomed by the head of the Greek National Association of Greece Konstantinos Floros.

The parade is attended by the Minister of National Defense Nikos Dendias, as representatives of the Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the government, the Minister of Defense of Cyprus Michalis Georgallas, the Secretary General of the ND parliamentary group Stavros Kalafatis, as a representative of the Speaker of the Parliament, the Deputy Minister besides the Prime Minister Yannis Bratakos, the Deputy Minister of Tourism Elena Rapti, the Deputy Minister of Macedonia and Thrace Stathis Konstantinidis, the president of SYRIZA-PS, Stefanos Kasselakis, the president of PASOK-KINAL Nikos Androulakis, the president of “Hellenic Solution” Kyriakos Velpoulos, the president of “NIKI” Dimitris Natsios, the president of “SPARTATON” Vassilis Stigas, the leadership of the Armed Forces and the Security Forces, the regional governor of Central Macedonia Apostolos Tzitzikoss and the mayor of Thessaloniki Konstantinos Zervas.

Of particular interest is the demonstration that Squadron Leader Christos Paris Charitos will do at the end of the parade with the F 16 fighter aircraft, a member of the “ZEUS” Aviation Demonstration Group of the Air Force.

Watch live the military parade in Thessaloniki