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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-10-04

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From: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>

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  • [01] President Pavlopoulos says Lausanne Treaty must be fully respected
  • [02] FinMin Tsakalotos says deal on Greek debt will clear path for investments

  • [01] President Pavlopoulos says Lausanne Treaty must be fully respected

    President Prokopis Pavlopoulos invited the international community and the European Union on Tuesday to assume their share of responsibility for the situation in Cyprus and the recent questioning of the Lausanne Treaty, during a ceremony at Decelea's air base to receive the remains of Greek military personnel who died in Cyprus 42 years ago.

    "The Treaty of Lausanne, which must be fully respected because it constitutes an integral part of international law, does not only delineate Greece's borders, it delineates the borders of the European Union," Pavlopoulos said.

    He criticized the international community's toleration of the continued violations of UN decisions describing it as a "heavy trauma" and noted its indifference for this blows to international law.

    Pavlopoulos also said the European Union should not tolerate occupation armies on European soil, noting that this is a blow to European democracy.

    [02] FinMin Tsakalotos says deal on Greek debt will clear path for investments

    Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos said on Tuesday he believes Greece is in a good path on how to make Greek debt sustainable, noting that a solution will be found by the end of the year to clear the way for investments.

    "I think we have reasonable hopes that by the end of the year we'll have a solution which will create this clear path," the minister said during a meeting of the parliament's sub-committee on Greek debt and its reduction.

    He said the short-term measures currently discussed by the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) and the country, the IMF and other countries who implemented an adjustment program concern what can and cannot be done, not so much in reducing debt, but in reducing the risk in managing it.

    If the EU doesn't say what it will do with Greece's debt the IMF cannot complete its debt sustainability report and therefore cannot participate in the program, he said, adding that waiting to take action until 2020 is not compatible with demanding that the IMF participates with money in Greece's program. Tsakalotos said that in the end all sides will have to compromise on Greece's debt to reach a solution.

    Citing statements by officials and economists that the Eurozone is not working, the finance minister said that one of the reasons is the differences in debt, noting that this means "we cannot have a unified monetary policy". He explained that there has to be a serious discussion on how to change this and discuss Greece's debt in parliament and at a European level.

    "We need a very serious discussion on what's wrong with the Eurozone in relation to debt, but which is also linked with the monetary and fiscal policy. I believe we're in a good path for the first question – how will Greek debt turn out and how we'll create a clear path for investments- but we are in the first phase, how the European debt will become sustainable in the framework of the Eurozone and the EU," he continued.

    "Europe has a deep problem and we don't talk about this in parliament, or about whether Greece can or cannot survive in such a Eurozone. We don't have clear statements, nor by New Democracy, neither by Mr. (Yiannis) Stournaras and we think it's time to have such a debate," he said.


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