Athens News Agency: News in English, 07-05-07
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[01] PM congratulates Sarkozy on election victory
[01] PM congratulates Sarkozy on election victory
Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis on Monday sent a message
congratulating Nicolas Sarkozy on his victory in the second round of
the French presidential election on Sunday.
Karamanlis noted the warm relations between Greece and France, as well
as the close ties between Greece's ruling New Democracy party and
France's conservative UMP party, which is headed by Sarkozy, as well as
his own warm relations with the new French president-elect.
The Greek prime minister expressed his conviction that "these
traditionally close ties of cooperation and friendship between our two
countries will be strengthened further and we will have an opportunity
to work together on a bilateral level but also within the European
Union".
Asked how Athens views Sarkozy's position on Turkey, meanwhile,
government spokesman Theodoros Roussopoulos stressed that the
government had repeatedly stated its position regarding Turkey's
European prospects.
Caption: Nicolas Sarkozy speaks to supporters in Paris after he was
elected president of France on 06 May 2007, defeating Socialist Party
candidate Segolene Royal by a comfortable margin. According to
estimates based on a partial vote count, the 52-year-old Sarkozy
received 53 per cent of the ballots cast. ANA-MPA/ EPA / MELANIE FREY
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