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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 17-03-24
CONTENTS
[01] Pope Francis thanks PM Tsipras for his work to support the 'poor
and weak'
[02] FM Kotzias to visit Nicosia on March 25-28
[01] Pope Francis thanks PM Tsipras for his work to support the 'poor
and weak'
Meeting Greece's prime minister in the Vatican on Friday, Pope Francis
thanked Alexis Tsipras for all that he has done to support society's
poor and weak. In a brief conversation with Tsipras, Pope Francis spoke
about his own but also the government's efforts for social justice,
thanking Tsipras for all that his government had done and the stance
adopted by Greece in the refugee crisis.
Pope Francis on Friday received all the EU heads of state and government
that are currently in Rome for the European summit on Saturday, which
marks the 60th anniversary since the Rome Declaration and the founding
of the EU. The Pope had brief meetings and conversations will all the
EU leaders.
[02] FM Kotzias to visit Nicosia on March 25-28
Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias is to visit Cyprus from Saturday until
March 28, representing the Greek government at the March 25 anniversary
parade celebrating Greece's 1821 war of independence against Ottoman
rule.
Kotzias is to be received by Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades on
Monday and have meetings with Cyprus Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides
and Cyprus Parliament Speaker Demetris Syllouris, as well as the heads
of the Cypriot political parties.
On Tuesday, at the invitation of Archbishop Chrysostomos II of Cyprus,
Kotzias will deliver a speech at an event being organised by the
Makarios III Foundation, at the Holy Archbishopric of Cyprus, to mark
the anniversaries of 25 March 1821 and 1 April 1955.
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