Yugoslavia Hopes to Strengthen Ties with GreeceYugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica Monday, December 4, voiced his willingness to strengthen Yugoslavia's relations with Greece, saying that good relations between the two countries have contributed to stability in the Balkan region."Yugoslavia needs humanitarian aid at this time because of the sanctions, the bombings and its economic state. But it is not our intention to turn Yugoslavia into a country that depends on humanitarian aid but to develop its economy and its relations with abroad, as was the case with Greece, with whom relations have always been good and have contributed to stability in the Balkans, " Kostunica said after meeting with Greece's Macedonia-Thrace Minister George Paschalidis in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki. Kostunica stressed that the traditionally friendly relations between the peoples of Serbia and Greece will never change. Kostunica arrived in Greece Sunday for a pilgrimage to the Serb Orthodox Monastery on Mount Athos, a semi-autonomous monastic community in northern Greece. The Yugoslav president will pay an official visit to Greece within this month, but the exact date has not been set. |
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