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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 15-01-29
CONTENTS
[01] We do not agree with the spirit of the sanctions against Russia,
Alternate Foreign Min. Chountis says
[02] Finance Minister Varoufakis to visit Rome next week
[03] Alternate Social Security Min. Stratoulis: We guarantee that pensions
will be paid
[01] We do not agree with the spirit of the sanctions against Russia,
Alternate Foreign Min. Chountis says
ANA/MPA---"We do not agree with the spirit of the sanctions against
Russia, which has adverse repercussions not only in agriculture as far
as the economy of our country is concerned, but also more generally,"
Alternate Foreign Minister for European Affairs Nikos Chountis said in
an interview with ANA-MPA.
"Other EU countries have also reacted in a similar way, due to the
implications of the sanctions," he noted and added: "Our objections, in
essence, will be expressed by the Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias
to the Council of Foreign Ministers. Some member states hastened; this
haste was reflected in the declaration by which the new Greek government
expressed its discontent ... as an announcement-statement of the heads
of states was issued, without Greece having been informed or without the
Greek Prime Minister having been consulted. They knew that we were in
a transitional phase and the prime minister's opinion could have been
taken into consideration," he said.
The full audio interview is available for subscribers at the ANA-MPA
website.
[02] Finance Minister Varoufakis to visit Rome next week
ANA/MPA---Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis will visit Rome next
week to meet with his Italian counterpart Pier Carlo Padoan, according
to an Ansa news agency report from Athens.
Padoan is among Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi's closest associates
and has stated to Italian media that he is optimistic and believes
that a solution will be found for the problem of the Greek debt because
Greece's stay in the eurozone is not only to Greece's interests but to
the European Union's interest.
[03] Alternate Social Security Min. Stratoulis: We guarantee that pensions
will be paid
ANA/MPA---Alternate Social Security Minister Dimitris Stratoulis on
Thursday reassured that the pensions will be paid on time.
"We guarantee the pensions up to the last cent and not only for March but
for all the next years," Stratoulis told ANT1 TV, adding that whatever
problems exist will be solved.
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