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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 13-03-20
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[01] Gov't spokesman: Situation in Cyprus not for petty party games
[01] Gov't spokesman: Situation in Cyprus not for petty party games
AMNA--The situation in Cyprus "does not offer itself for petty party
games," government spokesman Simos Kedikoglou warned on Wednesday,
speaking on private Antenna television station.
He reiterated that Athens stands steadfastly at Cyprus' side: "We support
Cyprus, just as we supported its decision at the Eurogroup, we support
yesterday's decision by the Cypriot parliament".
He added, however, that "we must see Plan B...a solution must be
found".amna
Regarding Athens' stance at the latest meeting of the Eurogroup, he
explained: "At two o'clock early Saturday morning, the three institutional
leaders -- namely Eurogroup president Jeroen Dijsselbloem, International
Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Christine Lagarde and European
Central Bank (ECB) president Mario Draghi -- came out of the Eurogroup
meeting. They had had a meeting with Mr. Anastasiades (Cyprus President),
reached agreement, and afterwards the three came and presented this
agreement to the (eurozone) Finance Ministers. Cyprus' Finance Minister
(Michalis Sarris) voted in favor, and it was only natural that Greece
followed suit, that Greece's Finance Minister (Yannis Stournaras)
supported Cyprus' decision. That is how things stand."
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