The Deputy Minister of National Defense Mr. Nikolaos Hardaliascompleting his four-day continuous presence in arid islands and micro-islands of the Aegean, was yesterday, Tuesday, December 20, 2022, in Lesbos, Lemnos and Samothraki, where he visited the headquarters:

– The Tactical Command of the 41st Infantry Regiment (TD 41st SP), in Samothraki.

– The “MITHYMNAS” Prisons (EF) in Lesbos and “PLAKAS” in Lemnos.

He also visited TPC MYKONIOS, which is on mission in the wider maritime area of ​​the Northern Aegean, while he met and exchanged greetings with the pilots and technicians of the readiness echelons of combat aircraft F-16 of 347 Squadron and Super Puma helicopters, at the headquarters of 130 Battle Group (130 SM), in Lemnos.

Mr. Hardalias, in the context of the visits, was informed by the Commands about operational matters and exchanged wishes with the executives, conscripts and national guards, in view of the Christmas and New Year holidays.

In addition, the Deputy Minister of National Defense had meetings with the Deputy Governor of the North Aegean, Mr.Panagiotis Coufello , him Prefecture of Limnos Mr. Angel Vlatta – Lambrino, the Mayors of Western Lesvos Mr. Brigadier VerroLemnos k. Dimitrios Marinakis and Samothrakis Mr. Nikolaos Galatomosthe General Regional Police Director B. Aegean Major General Free Duroduas well as the local Service Commanders of the Security Forces.

The Deputy Minister of National Defense was accompanied during the visits to Lesvos and Lemnos the Commander of the Supreme Military Command of the Interior & Islands Lt. Gen Dimitrios Houpiswhile in Samothrace its Commander D Army Corps Lieutenant General Ioannis Tsioplos. He was received on a case-by-case basis by the Commanders of the 98 National Guard Battalions Senior Command Major General Grigorios Boutliakis, her XII Mechanized Infantry Division Major General Panagiotis Kavidopoulosof the 88th Military Command Brigadier General Konstantinos Takopoulosof the TD 41st SP Colonel George Selaidinakosof 130 AD Sminarchos Thomas Papadimitriou and the Chief Wardens of the EF.

From the EF “PLAKAS”, in Limnos, the Deputy Minister of National Defense Mr. Nikolaos Hardalias made the following statement:

“In the face of threats, inarticulate cries, ahistorical rhetoric, we respond with sobriety, with composure and with readiness.

We completed today, here in Lemnos, a 24-island trek, with visits to 30 Formations, Units and Outposts, and I want to assure you that the morale of our Armed Forces, our men and women, who daily toil on the shores of the Aegean, in the of the Motherland, remains high, remains distinct, with a unique feeling of devotion and duty to the Motherland and the Flag!».