DM to pay official visit to Serbia
National Defence Minister Evangelos Meimarakis departs on Wednesday for
Belgrade to begin an official visit to Serbia, the ministry announced on
Tuesday.
Meimarakis is scheduled to meet with his Serbian counterpart, Defence
Minister Zoran Stankovic, for talks on matters related to military and
technical defence cooperation between the two countries.
He will also meet separately with Serb President Boris Tadic, Prime
Minister Vojislav Kostunica, and with Patriarch Pavle of Serbia.
Meanwhile, in statements to the Tanjug news agency on Tuesday, Meimarakis
reiterated Greece's support for a permanent and viable solution in Kosovo.
The minister echoed Athens' position of avoiding any "imposed solution" in
the region and observed that the process for a settlement of Kosovo's status
has entered a sensitive phase, while adding that today's uncertainty should not
continue because it could have a negative impact on stability throughout the
Balkans.
"For the sake of security and stability both sides should work for a mutual
compromise," he stressed, while expressing a hope that negotiations will follow
a positive course and lead to the right conditions for a permanent and viable.
He also referred to EU's support for Kosovo institutions to be established
after the status question is settled.
http://www.ana.gr/anaweb/user/showplain?maindoc=4779850&maindocimg=4583954&service=102
Serbian News Network - SNN
[email protected]
http://www.antic.org/
