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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-10-11
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[01] Tsipras' message to Turkey from Egypt: 'respect for international
law a prerequisite for stability'
[01] Tsipras' message to Turkey from Egypt: 'respect for international
law a prerequisite for stability'
CAIRO (ANA/ N. Lionakis) Achieving stability in the region demanded
respect for international law, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said in an
indirect message to Turkey, after the 4th Greece-Cyprus-Egypt trilateral
summit held in Cairo on Tuesday.
"[This] is a self-evident prerequisite for ensuring stability in our
region and the only possible basis for developing relations of friendship
between our countries," Tsipras noted.
The Greek prime minister said that trilateral cooperation with Cyprus
and Egypt was a strategic choice made by the Greek government in order
to promote peace, security, stability and common growth in the fragile
region of the eastern Mediterranean. A large part the talks during the
summit focused on regional developments, the need to respect international
law and cultivate good neighbourhood relationships, he said.
"Recently, it is extremely worrying that voices are being heard in our
region that move in the opposite direction and even raise issues that
dispute fundamental international treaties. I believe that the reply to
any such dispute must be joint, absolutely clear and completely firm,
both on the part of the international community and on the part of all
the neighbouring countries, whose only goal is to preserve stability,
security and cooperation in the region," Tsipras said.
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