THE PLENARY MEETING OF THE PARLIAMENT OF CYPRUS OBSERVED WITH A MINUTE'S SILENCE ON HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL DAY 2023 - Central Jewish Council of Greece, coordinating body of the Jewish Communities of Greece

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A minute's silence was held in memory of the victims of the Holocaust, the Plenary Assembly of the Parliament observed, on the occasion of January 27, which has been established as the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust.

In her pre-order report, the Speaker of the Parliament, Annita Dimitriou, said that the mass and methodical extermination of millions of Jews by the Nazi regime constituted the sad culmination of a series of crimes against humanity committed in the maelstrom and death hells of the Second World War.

"Already seventy-eight years later, the commemoration of Holocaust Remembrance Day is not merely symbolic, but imperative, as the old continent and modern democracies constantly face the unprecedented phenomena of a product of racism and anti-Semitism, calling community values into question and the European edifice itself, preeminently the initiator and guardian of democratic peace," he said.

At the same time, he added, the failure of the international system to ensure global peace and stability brings humanity back to the ultimate challenge of a new mass and total extermination.

"The preservation of the memory that highlights the horror and the annihilation of man by man therefore poses an abomination to all of us, in the name of defending human life and human dignity," he said.

At the same time, Ms. Dimitriou mentioned that Cyprus and Israel have developed special ties since ancient times and established diplomatic relations immediately after the independence of the Republic of Cyprus, while in recent years both at the bilateral level and within the framework of the tripartite mechanism Greece-Cyprus-Israel they have strengthened relations and their cooperation in a wide range of fields.

He noted that the tripartite cooperation between Greece-Cyprus-Israel is of particular geostrategic importance, with a common component of the will to ensure peace, collective security, stability and prosperity.

"For this reason we will continue to work to further deepen and strengthen it for the benefit of our people and the region more broadly," he said.

Ms. Dimitriou welcomed the presence in the plenary hall of the Parliament of Israel's ambassador Oren Anolik and mentioned that again this year the House of Representatives participates in the annual #WeRemember campaign of the World Jewish Congress and UNESCO with various actions, including the lighting of its building Parliament with the #WeRemember campaign logo.

SOURCE: filenews.com, 19.1.2023

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