We know that there cannot be a solution tailor-made to our desires. But at the same time we cannot accept a solution tailor-made to the Turkish demands. If the Turkish side continues to support its present positions, it should know that we possess the necessary reserves of stamina and determination to resist. Turkish military might has created the faits accomplis of the invasion and occupation and fanned Turkish intransigence. The aim of the Joint Defence Doctrine is not to end the occupation by military means.
Deterrence aims at increasing the cost of a possible new Turkish military operation.
This cost will gradually become bigger and bigger, depending on our financial resources and the capabilities of the Greek Armed Forces. These are the aims of the Doctrine which we have never concealed. Unfortunately, some foreigners, but also some Cypriots, try to diminish the importance of the Joint Defence Doctrine so as to harm the unprecedented unity prevailing between Athens and Nicosia. It is for the sake of this unity and for the sake of serving the best interests of Hellenism as a whole that Athens and Nicosia, jointly assessing the international climate, decided to deploy the S-300 missiles in Crete and not in Cyprus. The S-300 missiles are not the sum total of the Joint Defence Doctrine.