BRIEF GREEK NEWS BULLETIN (05/09/1995)

From: Macedonian Press Agency <mpa@uranus.eng.auth.gr>

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BRIEF GREEK NEWS BULLETIN BY MACEDONIAN PRESS AGENCY

Thessaloniki, September 5 1995

CONTENTS

  • [01] FOREIGN MINISTERS OF GREECE AND FYROM TO MEET IN N.YORK

  • [02] GREEK GOVERNMENT EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER DEVELOPMENTS IN BOSNA

  • [03] THE EU AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER WILL VISIT GREECE.

  • [04] TURKISH-CYPRIOTS ARRESTED TWO GREEK-CYPRIOTS WORKING FOR THE UN

  • [05] FINANCIAL SUPPORT BY GREEK AUSTRALIANS FOR EXCAVATIONS IN VERGINA

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    [01] FOREIGN MINISTERS OF GREECE AND FYROM TO MEET IN N.YORK

    Foreign Ministers of Greece mr Carolos Papoulias and FYROM mr Stevo Crvenkovski will meet in New York next week to approve of an agreement which has already advanced after the initiative by the United States Undersecretary of State mr Richard Hawlbrooke. The announcement was made simultaneously late yesterday evening by the US government officials at Athens, Scopje and Washington, after mr Holbrooke finalised a tour in both capitals meeting Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou in Athens and President Gligorov in Scopje. In a message he sent late last night to Greek Prime Minister and FYROM President, US President Clinton hailed the desicion made by the two leaders to send their Foreign Ministers for talks in New York and characterized it as courageous and visionary, expressing the view that this meeting will encourage the leaders of Bosnia, Croatia and Serbia to make positive steps towards peace. In Athens President of the Hellenic Republic mr Constantinos Stephanopoulos stated that the rapid developments in the Athens - Scopje relations were expected, interesting and positive. Greek Press and Media Minister mr Evangelos Venizelos reiterated the greek position according to which Athens is ready to lift the measures against Skopje as soon as FYROM makes an obvious move on the issue concerning the change of its flag and Constitution while he characterized as very important the decision for the resumption of the dialogue in New York. Mr.Venizelos expressed satisfaction for the fact that mr. Gligorov made a responsible move of an international- political importance and contradicted that the United States applied no pressure on Greece. Regarding the issue of the name of the neighbouring country, the Greek Minister pointed out that is still pending and clarified that the greek government had never linked it with the economic countermeasures against Skopje. Mr.Venizelos said that Greece enters the dialogue with the measures still in force and there will be a change on this issue only if Scopje makes a concrete and tangible move. Ministers of National Defense mr Yerassimos Arsenis and of Interior affairs mr Constantinos Scandalidis, both members of the governmental PASOK executive bureau expressed their satisfaction for the development while two ex-ministers and members of the Central committee of the party, ex-Alternate Foreign Minister mr Yannis Kapsis and ex-Public Order Minister mr Stelios Papathemelis expressed reservations on the effectiveness of the decision for the dialogue. Main opposition party of New Democracy President mr Miltiades Evert from Paris where he is that he supports a solution within the United Nations. Preisdent of the main opposition party of Political Spring accused both the government and the opposition for not supporting the national interests while the Communist Party said that he did not disagree with the dialogue he expressed objections for the fact that it obeyed to an intiative by the United States. President of the Coalition of the Left mr Nikos Constantopoulos accused the government of exercising secret diplomacy. Ex-Prime Minister mr Constantinos Mitsotakis who was in office when the Yugoslavia was dissolved in 1991 and when Athens and Scopje reached an agreement in May 1993 expresed the view that after the recent developments, FYROM will be called all over the world "Macedonia". Mr Mitsotakis's foreign minister that time, now independent MP mr Michalis Papakosntantinou said that teh negotiations should not start for nihil basis but from the point where they stopped in May 93.

    [02] GREEK GOVERNMENT EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER DEVELOPMENTS IN BOSNA

    Greek National Defense Minister mr Yerassimos Arsenis expessed the deep concern Athens for the developments in Bosnia.Mr Arsenis stressed that a lot of efforts from many sides,a mong which Athens are on the way for the change of the conditions in the area. Meanwhile, a road-assistance company manager, 47-year-old mr Dimitris Hatzopoulos, received a one-year prison sentence by a court in Thessaloniki, for violating the UN embargo against New Yugoslavia. The company, represented by the accused, had bought a helicopter from Montenegro two years ago in order to cover its needs.The helicopter had been bought on August 20th, 1993 and the purchase papers presented were showing that it came from France. This allegation later was overturned when it was proven by the Special Investigations Customs Agency that the helicopter came from Montenegro and a french company had mediated for its purchase.

    [03] THE EU AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER WILL VISIT GREECE.

    EU Agriculture Commissioner Frantz Fishler will arrive for a formal visit to Greece on Thursday, September 7th. The EU official will meet with Agriculture Minister Giorgos Moraitis and with Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs mr.Mangakis while he will visit Thessaloniki's 60th International Trade Fair which opens on Friday, September 8th. The EU official will also visit the monastic community in Mount Athos, Chalkidiki accompanied by the Minister of Agriculture.

    [04] TURKISH-CYPRIOTS ARRESTED TWO GREEK-CYPRIOTS WORKING FOR THE UN

    Two greek-cypriots belonging to the civilian personel of the UN peacekeeping forces in Cyprus were arrested yesterday by the turkish occupation forces and UN officials are trying to win their release. The two greek-cypriots, Giorgos Paraskevas 39 and Solon Kiprianou 50 yearsold were arrested in the turkish occupied region of Morfou while they were on a UN mission. According to the press spokesman of the UN peacekeeping forces Charles Golkin, the two men entered the occupied territory in order to spray for insects in the outpost of the argentinian peacekeepers. Turkish soldiers arrested them after they finished their job and they took them to the so-called "police station" in Morfou where they are still being held.

    [05] FINANCIAL SUPPORT BY GREEK AUSTRALIANS FOR EXCAVATIONS IN VERGINA

    The greek community of South Australia offered 25 thousand australian dollars for the economic support of the archaeological excavations in Vergina in the framework of the "Vergina Plan" that was hammered out after an initiative by australian Parliamentary Secretary assisting the Premier in Multicultural & Ethnic Affairs and Trade Development, Julian F. Stefani. The money will be received by Minister of Macedonia- Thrace Konstantinos Triaridis during his visit to Australia in November that will take place after an invitation by the Pan-Macedonian Association. Mr.Stefani, who was the instigator of the plan for the economic support of the excavations in Vergina, is visiting Thessaloniki since last Friday and today met with Minister of Macedonia-Thrace mr.Triaridis and conveyed to him a formal invitation by Prime Minister of South Australia to visit this state in November. Mr.Stefani said to M.P.A. regarding the prospects for the development of the economic relations between Greece and Australia that Greece can become for Australia the gateway to the markets of Central and Eastern Europe and to the European Union. He also pointed out that Australia is very lucky to have a large greek community very active in the business sector.
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