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Athens News Agency: News in English, 06-12-30
CONTENTS
[01] FM Dora Bakoyannis hopes for reconciliation in Iraq
[02] PASOK calls for peaceful and democratic future for Iraq
[03] KKE criticises Saddam Hussein's execution
[01] FM Dora Bakoyannis hopes for reconciliation in Iraq
Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis, referring to the execution of former
Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, reminded in a statement on Saturday
that "Greece, like all the member-states of the European Union, has
abolished the death penalty" and expressed the wish that "it will be
the last dramatic moment in the troubled history of Iraq."
The foreign minister called on "the friendly people of Iraq to follow
the path of reconciliation and of national consensus", stressing that
it is "the only path that can lead to a peaceful, secure and democratic
future."
[02] PASOK calls for peaceful and democratic future for Iraq
Main opposition PASOK party spokesman Petros Efthymiou, referring to
the execution of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, said on
Saturday that PASOK "had condemned the dictatorial regime of Saddam
Hussein in the past in the most profound way", but stressed at the same
time that it is "against the death penalty, just like the European
Union, the Socialist International and the European Socialist Party
are."
Efthymiou added that PASOK "calls on the international community to
turn its attention to the prevention of a new escalation of violence,
the safeguarding of a peaceful and democratic future in a sovereign
Iraq and to work collectively for security, stability and peace in the
Middle East."
[03] KKE criticises Saddam Hussein's execution
The Communist Party of Greece (KKE), commenting on the execution of
former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, said in an announcement on
Saturday that "the fate of Saddam Hussein should have been a case for
the Iraqi people themselves to decide," adding that "his execution is
aimed exclusively at the punishment, division and splitting of the
Iraqi people who are resisting."
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