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Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 09-12-21
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[01] NATIONAL GUARD - HOUSE PRESIDENT
[01] NATIONAL GUARD - HOUSE PRESIDENT
The capability of the Republics armed forces, the National Guard, will
not diminish as long as part of the country remains under Turkish
occupation, House President Marios Garoyian has stressed. ``It is our
obligation to maintain this policy. We will not allow the National
Guard defence capabilities to be reduced as long as the Cyprus problem
remains unresolved,`` Garoyian said speaking to soldiers during a visit
to a National Guard camp in view of the Christmas holidays.
Garoyian said that while the Cyprus problem remains unresolved ``we
have a duty and an obligation to strengthen, modernize and restructure
the National Guard in order to render it more effective.`` He added
that the present period is difficult for Cyprus ``because we have in
front of us the arrogance, the intransigence and the neo-ottoman
Turkish attitude.``
``The Greek Cypriot side is ready for a compromise which cannot be
either imbalanced or unfair. This compromise should safeguard our own
prospects, our development and prosperity,`` he added.
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