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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-11-01
CONTENTS
[01] Government sources welcome ND's return to talks on new NCRTV board
[02] Erdogan statements disputing Lausanne Treaty 'outrageous',
Verhofstadt says
[01] Government sources welcome ND's return to talks on new NCRTV board
The government welcomes New Democracy's delayed decision to return to
talks over the formation of the new board of Greece's TV regulator,
government sources said on Tuesday.
"It is positive that ND is entering talks for the formation of the Greek
National Council for Radio and Television (NCRTV). Even if it's a day
late, as the issue could have concluded yesterday," a government source
told the Athens-Macedonian News Agency, commenting on a new candidate
proposed by the main opposition for the position of the president of
the independent watchdog.
Concerning the actual candidate, the same source referred it to the
Conference of Parliament Presidents which is expected to convene again
in the coming days.
[02] Erdogan statements disputing Lausanne Treaty 'outrageous',
Verhofstadt says
NICOSIA (ANA/ A. Viketos) Attempts by Turkish President Recep Tayyip
Erdogan to dispute the Lausanne Treaty were "outrageous," Belgian MEP
Guy Verhofstadt said on Tuesday at an Economist conference in Nicosia.
According to the head of the Group of the Alliance of Liberals and
Democrats in Europe (ALDE) Group, "it was dangerous and provocative to
dispute a treaty adopted 100 years ago."
Verhofstadt expressed support for the efforts of Cyprus President Nicos
Anastasiades to find a solution for the Cyprus problem. He noted that the
negotiations were taking place at a time when Erdogan was laying claim
to one Greek island after another and starting to dispute the Lausanne
Treaty, with which Turkey had relinquished all claims on Cyprus.
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