Athens News Agency: News in English, 08-01-21
CONTENTS
[01] PASOK leader meets with visiting Serbian FM
[02] DM visits Bosnia-Herzegovina
[01] PASOK leader meets with visiting Serbian FM
Main opposition PASOK leader and Socialist International (SI) President
George Papandreou met here on Monday afternoon with visiting Serbian
Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic.
The Serbian minister briefed Papandreou on the first round of
presidential elections held in his country on Sunday, but primarily on
developments regarding Kosovo and Serbia's European prospect.
The two men also discussed the upcoming signing of an EU-Serbia
Stability and Association agreement.
[02] DM visits Bosnia-Herzegovina
National Defence Minister Evangelos Meimarakis on Monday visited
Bosnia-Herzegovina at the invitation of his counterpart Selmo Cikotic
and met with the Greek contingent taking part in the European Unionās
?Althea? operation.
At the same time, Meimarakis was briefed by the commander of EUFOR
Spanish major-general Ignacio Martin Villalain, on the presence and
prospects of the European force.
Having expressed the need for the continuity of EUFORās ?important
achievements,? Meimarakis assured anew Greeceās keen interest for the
improvement of the situation of security in the broader region of the
western Balkans.
Meimarakis and Cikotic will sign on Tuesday the first military
cooperation agreement between Greece and Bosnia-Herzegovina.
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