From: thanost@marinana.mit.edu
Subject: A.N.A. Bulletin 3/1/94

        Athens News Agency Bulletin, Jan.  3, 1994
 
     Athens, 3/1/1994 (ANA): The promotion of topics in the "White
Book" on development, competitiveness and employment, will be
the main issues to be projected by the Greek Presidency, Prime
Minister Andreas Papandreou has stressed to mark assumption of
European Union rotating presidency by Greece on January 1. He
added the Greek Presidency will lay emphasis on expansion of the
European Union. In this context promotion of Cyprus' accession
application will be implemented jointly with that of Malta. "We
have confidence in the Greek Presidency" said yesterday French
Minister for European Affairs Alain Lamassoure.

     With regard to the Skopje issue, the Greek government has made
it clear it will not take advantage of the Presidency to promote
its position. In the political sector, the Greek Presidency will
endeavour to obtain a peaceful settlement of the Yugoslav
problem. The fact that Greece maintains good relations with all
conflicting sides, and happens to be the only country in the
region which is a member of all international organisations,
brings it to the epicentre of the efforts to obtain peace. The
government has not excluded the possibility of assuming the
initiative of getting the warring sides to come to the table of
negotiations.