Athens News Agency: News in English, 07-10-23

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

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[01] PASOK leadership contenders address members

[02] Greek FM in Ankara for BSEC meeting

[01] PASOK leadership contenders address members

"I am at home, in Achaia. We will certainly be having a constructive discussion with the Prefectural Committee of Achaia. My aim is to shed light on the major issues facing our country today and, first of all, the deadlocked policy of the New Democracy (ND) party, a party that has just been elected but is already finding itself today in a big internal crisis due to its deadlocked policy," Papandreou said on turning up at the meeting of PASOK's Prefectural Committee of Achaia in this city in western Greece.

Papandreou further said that during his discussion with PASOK's cadres he would also have the opportunity of shedding light "on the necessary reforms and changes that our party needs to enable us to be ready, dynamic in order to change the political system."

The PASOK leader also said that "my aim is always that this dialogue be an exemplary one and be compatible precisely with the values and traditions of our party."

PASOK supporters are scheduled to vote around the country on November 11 for a new party leader, following the party's defeat in the September 16 general elections. Current President George Papandreou, Thessaloniki deputy and former minister Evangelos Venizelos and Athens MP and former party secretary Costas Skandalidis are the three main candidates in the much-expected election.

Venizelos

In another development, PASOK's leadership contender Evangelos Venizelos referred on Tuesday night during an address in the Cretan city of Hania to PASOK's "duty towards society to win the next elections" which he said he predicts will be held soon.

Venizelos termed "the results of the elections fake" and stressed the need for PASOK to resolve its intraparty problems and place itself on election readiness.

"We must be in a state of readiness, the elections are not something far away, we do not have limitless time, history has not stopped to wait for PASOK to solve its intraparty problems. What we are doing now within PASOK has an immediate reflection on the political system. The result of the next Parliamentary elections, that will be soon, will be shaped on November 11, within PASOK," Venizelos said and stressed the need for PASOK to increase its influence in society.

[02] Greek FM in Ankara for BSEC meeting

According to a ministry press release on Tuesday, the agenda of the meeting covers issues such as European Union-BSEC relations, practical measures to facilitate trade between BSEC member-states and reviewing the progress of programmes undertaken by the organisation.

On the sidelines of the meeting, the Greek foreign minister will be meeting on Thursday with her counterparts, from Romania Adrian Cioroianu, Serbia Vuk Jeremic and Turkey Ali Babacan.

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