Subject: News, 17/08/93
From: zarros@turing.scs.carleton.ca (Theodoros Sp. Zarros)

        Athens News Agency Bulletin, August 17, 1993
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	Athens, 17/6/1993 (ANA):   Prime Minister Constantine
Mitsotakis yesterday met with Foreign Minister Michalis
Papaconstantinou and Greece's special envoy to the Skopje talks,
Ambassador George Papoulias, to discuss developments in the
Skopje issue. The hour-long meeting was held to discuss Greece's
diplomatic strategy in light of the new round of talks aimed at
resolving the Skopje issue. Foreign ministry sources said Mr.
Papoulias would leave for New York where he is scheduled to meet
with the UN Secretary General's special representative, Cyrus
Vance, on Sunday.

	Mr. Vance began a round of talks Friday within the framework of
UN Security Council Resolution 845. He has already held a first
meeting with Skopje's deputy Prime Minister and acting foreign
minister, Stevo Cervenkovski. Mr. Vance is also expected to
visit Athens and Skopje at the end of the month for talks with
the heads of both governments.

	Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Mr. Papaconstantinou
declined to comment on Greece's strategy at the talks. Turning
to other foreign policy issues, the foreign minister said the
CSCE High Commissioner for National Minorities Max van der Stoel
was scheduled to arrive in Athens on Monday to brief the
government on his recent fact-finding mission to check whether
Tirana was respecting the rights of the thousands of ethnic
Greeks in Albania.