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Athens News Agency: News in English, 02-11-10
CONTENTS
[01] Weather Forecast: Fair with local cloud on Monday
[02] FM says Greece will play a leading role at Copenhagen summit
[01] Weather Forecast: Fair with local cloud on Monday
10/11/2002 18:41:16
Cloud and rain are forecast in the northern and eastern Aegean, the
Cyclades, Crete and the Dodecannese and fair weather in the rest of the
country. Winds north, northwesterly moderate to strong. In the north,
temperatures will range from 1C to 11C; in the Ionian and on the rest
of the mainland from 6C to 17C; and in the Aegean islands from 10C to
19C. Fair with light cloud in the morning in Athens with temperatures
from 11C to 17C. Fair in Thessaloniki with temperatures from 5C to
10C.
[02] FM says Greece will play a leading role at Copenhagen summit
10/11/2002 16:58:31
Foreign Minister George Papandreou, speaking at a dinner given in his
honour by the Federation of Exporters of Northern Greece in
Thessaloniki, northern Greece, on Saturday night, said Greece will play
a leading role both at the European Union's Copenhagen summit and
during its EU presidency, in the first half of 2003, to facilitate the
shaping of the most positive climate of cooperation possible with
Turkey to enable it to begin accession negotiations when it will be in
a position to fulfil its commitments towards the EU absolutely.
Referring to statements by the winner of Turkey's recent elections,
Justice and Development Party leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on his
country's European prospects and his visit to Greece, Papandreou said
it is important that Erdogan appears to be devoted to European
democratic prunciples.
On the question of the upcoming tabling of a plan by UN Secretary
General Kofi Annan to resolve the longstanding Cyprus problem,
Papandreou said ''the effort will focus on reaching a positive result
for both sides. Both sides should benefit because, otherwise, there can
be no solution. Both the Greek Cypriots and the Turkish Cypriots should
feel proud of the solution to be found.''
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