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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 17-01-29Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>CONTENTS
[01] PM Tsipras: European south has prospect and futureI want to express my pleasure that the EU Mediterranean countries informal Summit proved that the European south has prospect and future, said Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras in the joint statements with the seven country leaders after the completion of the EU Mediterranean countries Summit held in Lisbon on Saturday.The European south is not Europe's poor relative. Europe needs the European south to strengthen its cohesion, its unity and to recover its social face" said Tsipras. Europe needs the European south in order to proceed to an efficient management of the refugees crisis within the context of the European values. Europe also needs the south to strengthen its international and regional role for peace and stability in the wider region. "We agreed to strengthen our efforts in order Europe to become a vision that will inspire the European peoples. We also agreed to enhance our efforts to defend the common value of solidarity on which the European building was constructed. Solidarity among all countries of the European Union and of course solidarity that will start from all us that we were here today", said Tsipras. The Greek prime minister also said that "we support Nicos Anastasiades' (Cyprus President) efforts for a fair and viable solution of the Cyprus issue. We support the efforts of all the countries and governments to restore the social cohesion, the growth and the employment in the European south that in the last years has been plagued by the economic crisis". Finally, Tsipras thanked for the support to Greece in its efforts on the completion of the second review of the Greek programme "This is a message, the message of solidarity among us. A message that isolates those who have irrational demands or intentions which, at the end, deep down I would say, may even seek the divisions. What Europe needs today is unity and determination to move forward for our peoples' benefit". [02] Defence Min Kammenos pays official visit to QatarDefence Minister Panos Kammenos is paying an official visit to Qatar with aim the strengthening of Greece's relations with the Emirate.Kammenos met with Prime Minister and Interior Minister of Qatar Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani and with Hamad Bin Ali Al-Attiyah Minister of State for Defence. They discussed matters of military cooperation and the further strengthening of the cooperation in the sector of defence industry. They also exchanged views on mutually beneficial action in Greece in the sector of education medicine and nursing. [03] 58 refugees and migrants arrived in the last 3 days on the Aegean islandsA total of 58 migrants and refugees arrived on the northern Greek islands in the last three days. 47 persons arrived on Lesvos and 11 on Samos while no arrivals were recorded on Chios.According to police, on Sunday morning 10,124 persons that have sought asylum in Greece which has been not examined yet remained stranded on the Greek islands. 4,903 migrants and refugees in Lesvos' hotspots, 3,418 in Chios hotspot and 1,803 migrants and refugees in the hotspot on the island of Samos. Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article |
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