FM Gerapetritis: The heroic spirit of the Greeks in 1940 'our beacon and compass'

Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis on Monday represented the government at the school and military parades held in the northeastern Greek city of Alexandroupolis to mark the October 28 national holiday.

In a statement after the parade, Gerapetritis said he had come to the city and the remote border region of Evros of convey a message of "spiritual uplifting and national pride".

"Our history is full of acts of heroism, where Greeks discounted their personal fate in order to serve a higher ideal. From Leonidas' 'Molon labe' to the defiant dance of the Souliotes and the nationwide 'No' of October 28, 1940. This Greek spirit is our beacon and our compass," he said.