Nikita Kaklamanis’ speech was held in the House of Representatives of the Republic of Cyprus:

“We have an obligation to the heroes who fell to Attila to always be united for a free Cyprusno occupation troops »

“My vision of all the positions I found with the vote of the Greek people and today, in the capacity of the President of the Hellenic Parliament, is to see the Republic of Cyprus united, for the benefit of all Cypriots.

This is for Greece and the political forces minimal debt … “

In these words, Parliament Speaker Nikitas Kaklamanis sent a message of total support to Cyprus on Tuesday from Nicosia in his speech in his first official visit outside Greece- traditionally take place in Megalonissos- after his election.

The Speaker of the House did not hide his intense excitement by describing his experience from his visit to prisoner memories as shocking: “Before I get off the step I want to tell you the shocking experience I lived a while ago: because it is another to hear it, another to read it and go to see them. And while because of the many personal friends I have in Cyprus, I have come to your island informally and privately, I had never visited, and it is a shame for me, the memories of the prisoners. This image has been nailed inside me. And most importantly the way they are executed, hanging. I wonder how it is possible for Western culture to use such ways to kill children, because children were 18, 19, 20, 21, because they were fighting for the independence of their homeland. So, for them, the heroes and for the others who fell to Attila have the obligation of you and we, to be united and try to achieve the national goal. A free Cyprus, with no occupation troops. “

In his speech, the President of the Greek Parliament has identified exactly the national line, which must be complied with by both governments internationally, so that the Cyprus issue can reach its fair resolution after 51 years. So he stressed that there should be:

  • Termination of illegal possession
  • Overthrow of military violence committed
  • Restoration of international legality

“It is a debt to all fighters and fighters who fought for Cyprus’s independence to all the heroes who defended the freedom of Cyprus and who resisted with unmatched boldness in the numerical excessive forces of Attila in the Turkish invasion of July 19.”

The Speaker of the House, however, stressed that the negotiations that have been held since last March under the auspices of UN Secretary -General Antonio Guterres have particular importance for the resolution of the Cyprus problem. He even underlined even recent resolutions, which have been made by the organization that fully justify Greek Cypriot positions.

A fact that can make the goal of ending the illegal occupation, as it is also based on the binding decisions of the United Nations Security Council.

But then he made it clear:

“Greece and Cyprus we have made it clear that a solution to the Cyprus issue is not understood without the complete withdrawal of illegal occupation troops and without the exemption of Cyprus from anachronistic systems of guarantees and” rights “of third party intervention in Cypriot cases.”

It is a positive development that for the first time in eight years there is some mobility in the Cyprus issue, Nikitas Kaklamanis said at the House of Representatives.

To add meaningfully to the role that the European Union has to play in the solution of the Cyprus problem:

“Nor, of course, is a solution, without the smooth implementation of the European acquis throughout the territory of the Republic of Cyprus, a Member State, for more than twenty years of the European Union. The European acquis is, after all, the best guarantee of respecting the rights of our displaced Greek Cypriot brothers and their families, as well as all Cypriot citizens, Greek Cypriots, Turkish Cypriots, Armenians, Maronites and Latins. “

The Speaker of the Hellenic Parliament was clear about the permanent Turkish positions on international recognition of the illegally occupied northern part of Cyprus:

“Any obsession with claims for ‘two -state solution’ is against the United Nations, unacceptable and out of the debate. Also actions such as the illegal detention of five Greek Cypriot citizens on July 19 in the occupied territories do not in any way contribute to the consolidation of a climate of confidence between the two communities, as the United Nations Secretary -General seeks. We do not have illusions. The resolution of the Cyprus problem presupposes a change in Turkey’s attitude. ” He mentioned meaningfully.

Mr N. Kaklamanis has been particularly supportive of all international support, which Greece provides but will also provide in the future, to the sister country:

“The ties of Greece and Cyprus are indefinable. We are associated with history, language, religion, our common national struggles. The close cooperation of Greece and Cyprus today is a valuable capital of stability, development and prosperity in this troubled corner of the globe, and in particular in this geopolitical context of multiple challenges, ”he said. He assured the House of Representatives that “in Greece, despite the climate of political acuity, Cyprus is one of the few issues that unites all political forces within the Greek Parliament.”

The Speaker of the House made a special mention for the expansion of Greece-Cyprus Parliamentary Cooperation, stressing:

“In the context of parliamentary diplomacy, the Hellenic Parliament is willing to undertake, in cooperation with the House of Representatives, appropriate initiatives to highlight the Cyprus problem and its unimaginable resolution. The constant awareness of the international community is a powerful support tool in this direction. “

And ended up referring to tomorrow’s 65th anniversary for the independence of the Republic of Cyprus:

“During tomorrow’s anniversary of the independence of the Republic of Cyprus there can be – both in Cyprus and Greece – meditation for

-The need for a fair and sustainable solution for Cyprus and all Cypriot citizens.

– For the need to clarify fortune and the latter of the remaining Greeks and Greek Cypriots.

But at the same time it is the one anniversary that, I am sure, gazing with pride and optimism. “

During his visit to Nicosia, the Speaker of the House met at the Presidential Palace with the President of the Republic of Cyprus, Mr. Nikos Christodoulides, with the two men fully agreeing on the standing national lines for the Cyprus issue.

Subsequently, Mr. N. Kaklamanis also talked to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Annita Dimitriou, exchanging views on the better parliamentary cooperation of Greece-Cyprus.

The Speaker of the House went to the “imprisoned memories” (a small cemetery in the Central Prisons of Nicosia), where he paid tribute to the buried heroes of the liberation struggle (1955-59), writing the following message in the visitors book:

“On behalf of all the political forces of the Hellenic Parliament, with deep emotion and patriotic gratitude I bow to the bravery and bravery of the youngsters who fell by fighting the colonial yoke and rest here.

Honor and glory to all Cypriots who fell for the freedom of Cyprus and Greece.

It is all of us a duty to honor their sacrifice by continuing the struggle for the end of the illegal Turkish occupation and the reunification of the island.

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At the same time, Mr N. Kaklamanis laid a wreath in the Tomb of Macedonian in honor of the Greek and Cypriot fighters who died during the Turkish invasion of 1974.

Finally, there will be meetings by N. Kaklamanis with 6 parties of the Cypriot House of Representatives: (DISY, AKEL, DIKO, EDEK, DIPA, Ecologists-Citizens’ Movement).

Tomorrow, the Speaker of the House will present the parade, which will take place in Nicosia for the 65th anniversary of the Independence of the Republic of Cyprus, and then meet with Archbishop of New Justinian and all Cyprus George and will then go to the “