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Athens News Agency: News in English, 07-12-05
CONTENTS
[01] FM, PASOK leader confer ahead of meetings with Nimetz
[01] FM, PASOK leader confer ahead of meetings with Nimetz
Foreign minister Dora Bakoyannis met Wednesday morning with main
opposition PASOK leader George Papandreou, ahead of their separate
meetings later with UN special mediator on the FYROM name issue
Matthew Nimetz, who arrived in Athens following talks in Skopje with
the FYROM leadership.
Bakoyannis briefed Papandreou on the developments concerning the
FYROM name issue, while the PASOK leader reiterated his party's
steadfast positions on the issue.
PASOK has criticised the government of a 'contradictory' policy with
respect to Nimetz's initial initiatives on the FYROM name issue in
2005, and believes that Greece is in a more disadvantageous position
following the US government's recognition of FYROM as 'Macedonia' in
2004.
PASOK has called on the government for tough bargaining on the FYROM
name issue, aiming at an international name for the neighbouring
country that would reflect the "geographical realities" of the
region and would be used globally for that country, rather than an
"international name within a dual name".
Bakoyannis was due to meet with Nimetz shortly after her discussion
with Papandreou, while the PASOK leader was scheduled to meet the UN
envoy at 11:00 a.m.
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