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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-11-03
CONTENTS
[01] Tsipras to address the 'EU-Arab World Summit' on Thursday
[02] Lavrov: Only if we get EU approval will we extend 2nd pipeline of
Turkish Stream
[01] Tsipras to address the 'EU-Arab World Summit' on Thursday
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will make a keynote address at the "EU-Arab
World Summit: Partners for Growth and Development", which will be held
in Athens on 3-4 November, at the Athens Concert Hall.
Tsipras' speech is scheduled to start at 10:00.
[02] Lavrov: Only if we get EU approval will we extend 2nd pipeline of
Turkish Stream
Only if Russia receives the approval from Brussels will it extend the
second line of the Turkish Stream pipeline towards the European Union,
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday, during a
ceremony to proclaim him an honorary professor at the University of
Piraeus in Athens.
Commenting on Russia's relations with the West, he said he sees no
progress despite his country's efforts to activate talks and urged the
European Union to start dialog with the Eurasian Economic Union, noting
that each state's interests must be taken into account when building
these relations.
On Ukraine, Lavrov said Russia is implementing the Minsk agreement and is
expecting Ukraine to do the same, adding that the rights of the Russian
population in the regions of Luhansk and Donetsk must be ensured.
Concerning Syria, the Russian diplomat wondered why the West doesn't
separate the moderate Syrian opposition from the fighters of the
Al-Nusra Front, as stated in the UN resolutions. "Some people do not
want to distinguish between the moderate opposition and the Al-Nusra
Front fighters," he said, adding that "we always keep our word; this is
a tradition of our diplomacy".
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