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[paliometoxo]

NICOSIA - Cyprus on Thursday, October 1, marked the 49th anniversary of its independence with a military parade along Iosif Hadjiosif avenue in the capital’s Strovolos suburb.
Infantry units, artillery and naval forces, members of the National Guard, the Greek Military Contigent (Eldyk), the police, the brigade, forestry department and the civil defence forces participated in the annual parade, staged every year on Otober 1.
President Demetris Christofias took the salute of the parade, in the presence of the political, military and religious leadership.
Greek Defence Minister Evangelos Meimerakis attended the military parade on behalf of the Greek government.
With sunrise, at 6.41am there was gun salute at the “Christos Samaras” military camp in Athalassa suburb and there will be more gun salute with sunset at 6.32 pm.
In a speech at the end of the parade, the President greeted all the people of Cyprus, Greek Cypriots, Turkish Cypriots ,Maronites and Armenians because, he said, the establishment of the Republic of Cyprus was the achievement of all of them, which should evolve into a bizonal, bicommunal federation.
Christofias reiterated the Greek Cypriot side’s desire to achieve a solution to the Cyprus problem a soon as possible but he made it clear to the international community, including the UN, he will not accept any arbitration or suffocating time limits

[insan]

NICOSIA - Cyprus on Thursday, October 1, marked the 49th anniversary of its independence with a military parade along Iosif Hadjiosif avenue in the capital’s Strovolos suburb.
Infantry units, artillery and naval forces, members of the National Guard, the Greek Military Contigent (Eldyk), the police, the brigade, forestry department and the civil defence forces participated in the annual parade, staged every year on Otober 1.
President Demetris Christofias took the salute of the parade, in the presence of the political, military and religious leadership.
Greek Defence Minister Evangelos Meimerakis attended the military parade on behalf of the Greek government.
With sunrise, at 6.41am there was gun salute at the “Christos Samaras” military camp in Athalassa suburb and there will be more gun salute with sunset at 6.32 pm.
In a speech at the end of the parade, the President greeted all the people of Cyprus, Greek Cypriots, Turkish Cypriots ,Maronites and Armenians because, he said, the establishment of the Republic of Cyprus was the achievement of all of them, which should evolve into a bizonal, bicommunal federation.
Christofias reiterated the Greek Cypriot side’s desire to achieve a solution to the Cyprus problem a soon as possible but he made it clear to the international community, including the UN, he will not accept any arbitration or suffocating time limits

So it was not imposed on anyone?

[Get Real!]

Any pictures of the parade?

[paliometoxo]

[Kifeas]

NICOSIA - Cyprus on Thursday, October 1, marked the 49th anniversary of its independence with a military parade along Iosif Hadjiosif avenue in the capital’s Strovolos suburb.
Infantry units, artillery and naval forces, members of the National Guard, the Greek Military Contigent (Eldyk), the police, the brigade, forestry department and the civil defence forces participated in the annual parade, staged every year on Otober 1.
President Demetris Christofias took the salute of the parade, in the presence of the political, military and religious leadership.
Greek Defence Minister Evangelos Meimerakis attended the military parade on behalf of the Greek government.
With sunrise, at 6.41am there was gun salute at the “Christos Samaras” military camp in Athalassa suburb and there will be more gun salute with sunset at 6.32 pm.
In a speech at the end of the parade, the President greeted all the people of Cyprus, Greek Cypriots, Turkish Cypriots ,Maronites and Armenians because, he said, the establishment of the Republic of Cyprus was the achievement of all of them, which should evolve into a bizonal, bicommunal federation.
Christofias reiterated the Greek Cypriot side’s desire to achieve a solution to the Cyprus problem a soon as possible but he made it clear to the international community, including the UN, he will not accept any arbitration or suffocating time limits

So it was not imposed on anyone?

Independence and the RoC were not imposed on anyone! The treaties surrounding the independed, and as a consequence the constitution itself, were imposed, and you know it yourself too!

[Bananiot]

What? Care to explain the above?

[bill cobbett]

CY independent?

You're all 'aving a larf!

[YFred]

Palio, where are the missiles and the phantoms?

[paliometoxo]

i dont know thats just what was on the website cyprus news weekly thats the only pic they had for the post.. i tried to find some in google but it found canadian pics

[halil]

Palio, where are the missiles and the phantoms?

From TC press............

MILITARY PARADE WAS HELD IN SOUTH CYPRUS TO MARK THE SO-CALLED INDEPENDENCE DAY

The Greek Cypriot Administration has celebrated the 49th Anniversary of the independence of the so-called Republic of Cyprus.
A military parade was held in South Nicosia yesterday as part of celebrations marking the day.

Once again the Greek Cypriot Side showed off its military hardware which it spends billions on every year as part of its hostile armament campaign.

The celebrations marking the independence of the so-called Republic of Cyprus usurped by the Greek Cypriots in 1963 climaxed yesterday with a military parade by the Greek Cypriot National Guard in South Nicosia.

The parade was attended by the Greek Cypriot leader Demetris Christofias, the Greek Cypriot Defence Minister Kostas Papakostas and his Greek counterpart Evagelos Meimerakis.

Tanks belonging to the Greek ELDIK regiment, missiles, air defence systems, various forms of artillery and over 100 armoured personnel careers were also paraded at the ceremony.

Speaking after the ceremony, the leader of the Greek Cypriot Administration Demetris Christofias said that under no circumstances would he again accept “arbitration and tight timeframes” in the ongoing talks aimed at reaching a solution to the Cyprus Problem.

A group from the terrorist organization PKK also handed a bouquet of flowers to the Greek Cypriot leader at the end of the ceremony.