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Athens News Agency: News in English, 08-02-22
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[01] KKE leader speaks to ANA-MPA
[01] KKE leader speaks to ANA-MPA
Communist Party of Greece (KKE) leader Aleka Papariga reiterated on
Friday that "negative developments (in the region) will not be
prevented even if Greece vetoes FYROM's NATO accession", speaking
during an interview in Athens to the ANA-MPA.
"A double name does not lead to a solution; it cannot work, but will
merely regurgitate the problem. The US and EU know this, that's why, in
fact, they are proposing it," she opined.
Moreover, the communist leader called the unilateral recognition of
Kosovo a "dangerous development", while pointing to a necessity for
changes in Athens' foreign policy.
"Our position on the 'name issue', to the degree that a commonly
acceptable solution includes the term 'Macedonia' or a composite of
that word, is that this should have an exclusively geographic
definition, not an ethnic one ... The basic problem with the Former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) today, one over which the other
(Greek) parties remain silent, is that it is a state controlled by the
US and EU..." she said.
Turning away from foreign policy issues, Papariga dismissed an idea by
the Coalition of the Left (Synaspismos) for the establishment of a
"grand radical left coalition", saying the proposal would serve only as
a centre-left disguise for the country's political system, one merely
useful for "plutocracy, but dangerous for other popular forces".
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