Androulakis and Famellos absent from the trisagio and wreath laying commemorating Greeks fallen in WW II
- Written by E.Tsiliopoulos
A religiouw memorial service-trisagio and wreath-laying ceremony in memory of the dead of the Greco-Italian War took place at the 3rd Army Corps in Thessaloniki, as part of the events for October 28.
The President of the Republic, Konstantinos Tasoulas, the Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the Minister of National Defense, Nikos Dendias, the President of NIKI, Dimitris Natsios and the Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces were present.
Messrs. Mitsotakis and Dendias had a warm handshake and a conversation that lasted approximately 10 minutes.
Absent from the ceremony were the president of PASOK, Nikos Androulakis, and the president of SYRIZA, Socrates Famellos, who were also absent from thate funeral of singer/songwriter/poet Gionysis Savopoulos, which was criticized to a great extent.
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