Kranidiotis holds talks with Albanian FM
Mr. Kranidiotis also met yesterday for one hour with Albanian Foreign Minister Paskal Milo, in Athens.  According to reports, the two men discussed developments in Yugoslavia, but neither commented on the content of their talks.  Mr. Milo made a stopover in the Greek capital following his meeting with NATO Secretary General Javier Solana, in Brussels earlier in the day.
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia's (FYROM) problems in catering for a large number of refugees were the focus of talks later between Mr. Kranidiotis and Skopje's representative in Athens, Ljupco Arsovski.  Mr. Arsovski said his government was concerned about the number of refugees coming in from Kosovo and unable to deal with more than 20,000.  There are an estimated 15,000 refugees already on FYROM territory.   Mr. Kranidiotis informed Mr. Arsovski of the Greek government's decision to allocate aid worth 200 million drachmas and was bringing the issue to the European Union.   The Council of Ministers has established a working group to look at the issue, he said.

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