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Athens News Agency: News in English, 06-05-24
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[01] PASOK leader criticises gov't foreign policy
[01] PASOK leader criticises gov't foreign policy
Main opposition Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) party leader
George Papandreou criticised both the government and Prime Minister
Costas Karamanlis over the way with which they handled Tuesday's
incident in the Aegean, involving a collision between a Greek and a
Turkish fighter plane, while speaking at the inauguration of the
party's new local offices in the Athens district of Ilion. Papandreou
said that the government believed that with so-called personal
relations it could carry out high policy in the Aegean, but it was
shown to be wrong in a dramatic way.
The PASOK party leader further said that the government's nudity in
foreign policy appeared, adding that the Karamanlis government is
moving without a plan, without initiatives, without strategy and
without action and vigilance.
He also reiterated that the policy of the Karamanlis government will
lead to minor and major incidents and great tension and will even
result in Greece backing down on basic issues.
Referring to the missing Greek Air Force pilot, Papandreou said that he
acted with heroism and self-sacrifice and all the Greeks owe a great
deal to him, as they do to everyone in the armed forces.
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