Units, surveillance outposts and services of the Armed Forces and the Coast Guard in the area of responsibility of the 95th Senior Command of the National Guard Battalions, in the island complex of Kastellorizo, visited the two-day Friday 24 and Saturday 25 December.
“Here from the remote Kastellorizo, close to the officers and conscripts of the Armed Forces, we work for peace, we shield our country and above and beyond anything else, in the face of aggressive, arrogant rhetoric we respond with sobriety, we respond calmly” N. Hardalias.
“We make it clear,” he continued, “that the men and women of the Armed Forces remain ready, whenever necessary, to defend the sacred and the holy, our national independence, the sovereign rights of all Hellenism.”
As announced, on Christmas Eve, the Undersecretary of National Defense went to the small islands of Ro and Strongyli, where he visited the eponymous surveillance guards of the Army and laid a wreath at the monument of Our Lady of Ro, as a sign of honor to the work and its contribution to the homeland. .
In the afternoon, N. Hardalias visited the fast patrol guided missile “Grigoropoulos” of the Navy, which is on a mission in the area. During the visit there was a short tour of the main apartments of the rocket and a dinner, it is added in the announcement.
On Christmas Day, the Undersecretary of National Defense attended the Divine Liturgy at the Church of Saints Constantine and Helen in Kastellorizo and then went to the headquarters of the Island Defense Administration where he was briefed by Commander Colonel Athanasios Fotinogos on DAN and sat down to dinner with her staff.
During the two-day visit, the Undersecretary of National Defense spoke with the officers, non-commissioned officers and conscripts of the guard, who with high wisdom and passion guard the borders of our country at its southeastern tip, the proud and beautiful wishes for Christmas and the coming of the new year.
Finally, the Deputy Minister of National Defense visited the Megisti Port Station and met with the Mayor Georgios Sampsakos, representatives of the Local Government and residents.
Upon his arrival in Rhodes, the Deputy Minister of National Defense was received by the Commander of the 95th Senior Command of the National Guard Battalions, Lieutenant General Emmanuel Theodorou.
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