The US Ambassador to Athens, George Tsunis, of Greek origin, left his mark on the army parade held in Thessaloniki yesterday, on the event of the Greek nationwide vacation “Ohi” (No) on October 28. George Tsunis grew to become the primary US Ambassador to make a press release at such an occasion. After a few-sentence statements by ministers, together with Ambassador Tsunis, President Katerina Sakellaropulu and Greek Cypriot Protection Minister Haralambos Petridis, the governor of Thessaloniki spoke with the mayor earlier than the political celebration representatives and for much longer than the opposite audio system. The state tv (ET-3) that broadcast the ceremony described the speech of the US Ambassador as “a primary”.
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Ambassador Tsunis of Greek origin, “USA and Greece are the guardians of democracy and nationwide sovereignty. Opposite to what Putin has completed, the nationwide sovereignty of nations have to be preserved. It’s an honor for me to be serving within the nation the place democracy was born.” The US Ambassador to Athens, Tsunis, attended the one hundred and tenth anniversary ceremonies of Thasos Island, which was illegally armed by Greece, on October 18, regardless of its non-military standing as per the 1923 Lausanne Treaty. The “Rafale” warplanes bought from France and the “Marder-1A3” kind armored fight automobiles given by Germany as a grant inside the framework of the change settlement participated within the army parade in Thessaloniki for the primary time. In return for sending 40 ex-Soviet-made “BMP-1” kind tracked and absolutely amphibious fight automobiles to Ukraine, 10 of the 40 Marder-1A3 kind infantry combating automobiles given by Germany as a grant had been delivered to Greece.
INFORMATION NOTE: On October 28, 1940 Greece Greece entered World Struggle II when its dictator Yiannis Metaxas answered ‘Ohi’, which means ‘No’, to Italy, which despatched an ultimatum saying ‘Give up’.
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