Athens News Agency: News in English, 06-03-01
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[01] FM Bakoyannis to depart on Balkans tour Thursday
[01] FM Bakoyannis to depart on Balkans tour Thursday
The Greek foreign ministry on Wednesday announced that Foreign Minister
Dora Bakoyannis will be embarking on a tour of Balkan countries on
Thursday, which aims to highlight Greece's intense interest in events
within the region as well as to get a rounded briefing on developments
from all the sides concerned.
Ministry spokesman George Koumoutsakos said Bakoyannis will be meeting
with the key players behind developments in the region, stopping in
Sarajevo and Belgrade on Thursday and then Pristina on Friday, where
she will place a wreath on the grave of Ibrahim Rugova and have a
series of meetings with the local government, the commander of UNMIK
and the leaders of Kosovo's political parties.
While in Kosovo, Bakoyannis will also pay a visit to the Greek forces
stationed there before travelling to Vienna for talks with UN special
envoy Marti Ahtisaari.
Koumoutsakos also answered questions concerning a Greek school in
Himare, Albania whose opening was attended by Deputy Foreign Minister
Evripides Stylianidis. He clarified that the school was built with
funds provided by a Greek non-governmental organisation and that it was
designed to operate as a private school, while lessons would begin from
the next school year.
The school could mark a "new chapter" in further improving relations
between Greece and Albania, in the framework of Albania's efforts to
promote its European prospects, he added.
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