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| Koutsoumbas and Okuyan |
The meeting took place at the headquarters of the KKE in Perissos, Athens and was also attended by Giorgos Marinos, member of the Political Bureau of the KKE Central Committee, Elisseos Vagenas, member of the KKE Central Committee and head of the KKE International Relations Department.
Welcoming the delegation of the TKP, Dimitris Koutsoumbas made the following statement:
"We welcome you here in Athens, at the headquarters of the Central Committee of the KKE. It is a great joy and honor to have you with us today. The relations between the KKE and the Communist Party of Turkey are traditional, fraternal, and comradely. We express once again our solidarity with the struggle of the Communist Party of Turkey alongside the Turkish people, who are fighting against today's barbarity, against wars, poverty, and injustice. We have fraternal relations. The two peoples have nothing to divide between them and we will walk together on the same path, as always. Thank you for your presence here."
From his side, Kemal Okuyan stated: "We also thank you very much for the warm welcome you have shown us. We are in a time when all developments are accelerating at a very fast pace both in the world and in the region where we are located. Therefore, it is a time when we also need to accelerate our actions accordingly. The KKE is a party that you know we hold in high regard; it serves as an example for us. We have close, brotherly, comradely relations and we will continue to have them. Thank you very much."
