Athens, May 27, 1999

PRESS RELEASE

Meeting of the Alternate Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Yannos Kranidiotis, with the Foreign Minister of Estonia, Mr. Toomas Hendrik Ilves

The Alternate Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Yannos Kranidiotis, met yesterday with the Foreign Minister of Estonia, Mr. Ilves. During their meeting, the two Ministers discussed, among others, matters of European and bilateral interest and exchanged views on the course and the enlargement of the European Union, as well as on the prospects for Estonia’s E.U. membership. Bilateral discussions focussed mainly on issues of cultural cooperation and tourism, while the two Ministers also signed bilateral cooperation agreements in the fields of culture, tourism and road transports.