Was held, yesterday, Wednesday 20 October 2021, the second meeting of the deputies of Pontic origin of ND, at the party offices in Parliament.
The meeting was attended by MPs George Amanatidis (Kozani), Savvas Anastasiadis (B 'Thessaloniki), Sofia Voultepsi (B3 Southern Sector of Athens and Deputy Minister of Immigration and Asylum), Friday of Vrizidou (Kozani), Dimitris Kairidis (B1 Northern Sector of Athens), Euripides Stylianidis (Rodopi) and Savvas Chionidis (Pieria).
Mr.. Savvas Anastasiadis, who had the initiative of the meetings, informed the colleagues about the actions of the Group so far but also about his recent meeting with the Prime Minister and. Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
More specifically, members of the Group met with the Minister of Finance Mr.. Christos Staikoura for resolving the long-standing issue of mortgages with the state guarantee of repatriated Greeks from the former Soviet Union. The solution proposed by YPOIK is in the right direction and protects both the borrowers and the interests of the public.
It was agreed to take new action on the issue of retirement of returnees from former Eastern European countries who have not managed to complete the necessary 40 years in Greece to establish a pension right.
Mr.. Anastasiadis expressed his satisfaction for the decision of all the Writers' Unions of the country, following a relevant initiative of the Group, to honor a great Greek of Pontus, the journalist Nikos Kapetanidis who was executed by the Kemalists on 21 September 1921, announcing September 21st as an Annual Memorial Day for Nikos Kapetanidis, thus honoring a militant journalist who sacrificed himself in battle.
The Group discussed in detail ideas for actions in view of the 100th anniversary of the Asia Minor Catastrophe and the uprooting of the Hellenism of Asia Minor in 1922 but also for the international recognition of the Genocide of the Greeks of Pontus, following its recognition by the Greek Parliament in 1994.
This is the second meeting of the Group, which will continue to be active in issues of interest to Pontian Hellenism.
