The survival of Hellenism is our constitutional and national responsibility. The security of our country is not given, especially in today’s geopolitical environment. It is based on a strategic planning with international alliances, which we must maintain, but also requires strong Armed force. Here is the memory of ’21 with our current constitutional responsibility. And this strategy, in order to achieve these powerful armed forces, is served by the “Agenda 2030”.
This was stressed by the Minister of National Defense, Nikos Dendiafwho attended today, Sunday, September 28, as a spokesman for Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, at the festivities at Tripoli For the 204th Anniversary of the Fall – Liberation of Tripolitsa.
Mr. Dendias mentioned to the greeting he addressed:
On the fool of Tripolitsa, he said that it was the turning point “which fasten the Greek Revolution, because with the fall of the city it collapsed the center of the Ottoman administration and presence in Moria”.
“It was established like that,” he added, “the perception both inside and outside the Greek space, that the liberation of the Greeks was not a chimera, but an effort with a great chance of success was a historical possibility. And the Greeks themselves acquired a state consciousness in the birth. It is not easy to imagine it after 400 years of Ottoman domination. “
“The generation of ’21 has given us the measure of responsibility with its struggle. It succeeded in the revival of Hellenism, “the Minister of National Defense underlined.
He stressed that in Tripoli, “you will notice the months when a transformation is coming” as “the new school of autonomously moving vehicles will be installed in the air-those known as drones-but also of anti-drones, the new phase of the Armed Forces.”
“And you will see the evolution of the activity of the Armed Forces. You will see how from a neo -collector center we go to a phase where the main element is innovation, new technologies, new features, ”he said.
“This new reality will support Tripoli much more,” he added.
“But in general, I have to tell you that what will happen here is necessary to happen throughout Greece. We need armed forces equipped, flexible, capable of responding to modern challenges, ”said Mr. Dendias.
“We must remember that for every failure in the defense of our sovereignty and sovereign rights, as happened in 1996, there are causes, and these causes are deep. And these reasons we must heal them, with unity and with courage. Political costs must be indifferent because it is a matter of national survival, “he said.
For the anniversary, Mr. Dendias stressed “Today we pay a honor to our ancestors, its heroes Revolution of 1821. The Revolution of ’21, the history of Greece, contains extreme contradictions. It contains height and depth. It contains national virtue and national minority. It contains national offer, but it also contains extreme corruption. “
“But the day and the light prevail against the night and the dark. The attempt to create a new Greece had a happy ending, ”he added.
“It is our responsibility to maintain it boom and strong, and to protect it from multiple enemies and challenges of modern times. Thus, we will have done our duty and be this best memorial service in the memory of Theodore Kolokotronis and those who fought with him for the liberation of Tripolitsa in 1821. “
The Minister of National Defense, accompanied by the Secretary General of the Ministry of National Defense Antonios Economou, the Chief of General Staff Lieutenant General George Kostidis and the Commander of the DIKO – IV Infantry Division “Peloponnese” Lieutenant General Alexandros Hadjialexandris, attended the doxology at the Metropolitan Church of St. Basil, in which the Metropolitan of Mantineia and Kynouria danced.
Subsequently, the Minister of National Defense went to the monument of the Hierarchs and Priests, where a memorial service and wreath laying was held. Mr. Dendias also laid a wreath to the equestrian statue of Theodore Kolokotronis.
He then attended the parade of parts of the Armed Forces of the IV Infantry and Cultural Associations.
Odysseas Constantinopoulos as a spokesman for the Speaker of the House, the Deputy Minister of Education, Religions and Sports Konstantinos Vlasi, the MPs Spyridon Tsironis, Vassilios Kotidis, the MEP Dimitrios Dimitris, the MEP Dimitrios Dimitrios, Dimitrios Tsidas Vice -Mayor of the Regional Unity of Arcadia of the Peloponnese Region Konstantinos Mandronis, former Minister and President of ELGA Andreas Lykourentzos, mayors of neighboring municipalities, representatives of the Security Bodies and Self -Government.