Greek President Prokopios Pavlopoulos has called on the people to drawn their national traits of “unshakeable vigour” and “strong unity” so that 2020 was a milestone year in ensuring that the national strategy would prosper.
“The current situation demands that we build a realistic national strategy and serve it with vigour, consistency and unity,” said Mr Pavlopoulos, in his New Year message.
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“Our main weapon, with which we avoided a destructive rending of our social fabric, was the solidarity that is innate to us Greeks and which should guide us in the future, strengthening our determination to serve the great and important ideals.
“The future calls on us to be worthy of the occasion. Our national weapons, namely our unshakeable vigour and our strong unity, allow us to do this.”
“The past teaches us that our unparalleled national heritage requires us to move forward, in the sense that it is not enough for us to be regarded as descendants of great ancestors only. In addition, we must leave our own creative imprint on the course of our homeland’s history.”
Mr Pavlopoulos said that Greece as a member of the European Union for the past 40 years had contributed to the best of its abilities to European integration.
“Greece has proven to be so consistent with its European obligations that even its national issues, particularly those concerning its relations with Turkey, are defended solely on the basis of European law, and consequently on the basis of international law,” said Mr Pavlopoulos.
