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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-07-10
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[01] Greece's international role is upgraded, say government sources
[01] Greece's international role is upgraded, say government sources
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' meeting with the U.S. President Barack
Obama in Warsaw on Saturday on the sidelines of the NATO Summit meeting
concludes a series of high-lever meetings with world leaders such
as Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese Premier Xi Jinping,
government sources said on Sunday.
These meetings show Greece's upgraded international role as well as
its emergence as a pillar of stability in the wider region, the sources
said, adding that the prime minister's visits to Turkey, Egypt, Israel,
Palestine and Iran are part of the same policy.
The relations of friendship and cooperation built by Greece with a
series of countries contribute to the creation of a pillar of peace
and stability, particularly necessary at a time of intensification of
regional tensions and conflicts. The prime minister likens Greece with
"a tree that has its roots in the West, but spreads its branches towards
the East, South and North".
The same sources said the country's upgraded regional role is explicitly
recognized in the joint statements that followed the official meetings
with Russian and Chinese leaders. On his side, Obama emphasized the
country's role and noted he is fully informed about the upgraded relations
with Russia and China.
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