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Athens News Agency: News in English, 06-07-25

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From: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>

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  • [01] FM Bakoyannis to attend Rome emergency int'l conference on Mideast crisis
  • [02] Inner Cabinet approves construction of mosque in Athens

  • [01] FM Bakoyannis to attend Rome emergency int'l conference on Mideast crisis

    Greece will attend Wednesday's emergency international conference on the Middle East crisis that will be held in Rome, foreign minister Dora Bakoyannis announced on Tuesday, following a Cabinet meeting that reviewed the recent flare-up in the region, adding that she will leave for the Italian capital on Wednesday morning.

    Cyprus, which has served as the transit gate for foreign nationals fleeing the war zone, will also attend the conference.

    Speaking to reporters after the Cabinet meeting, Bakoyannis said that the aim was to take decisions at Wednesday's conference on facilitating the provision of humanitarian aid to all the refugees.

    She added that Greece remained firm in its proposals for lasting peace in the region.

    Replying to a question on whether the US was seeking that aid be forthcoming to only a section of Lebanon, Bakoyannis stressed: "There are no children of a lesser God, nor women and families to be singled out".

    She impressed the fact that all the citizens of Lebanon must be assisted, stressing that the Greek people were particularly sensitive on this matter.

    To another question on whether Greece would participate in a prospective peacekeeping force in the area, Bakoyannis explained that it was too early to discuss such a prospect, stressing that all would depend on what the role of such a force would be.

    "No serious proposal has been forthcoming as yet," she said.

    Bakoyannis further stressed that EU coordination was needed for the provision of humanitarian assistance, so that the same supplies are not sent by all the contributing sides, and for better distribution of the aid, after the safety of the humanitarian missions and consignments was secured.

    [02] Inner Cabinet approves construction of mosque in Athens

    The Inner Cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal by environment, town planning and public works minister George Souflias for the construction of a mosque in the Votanikos district of Athens, to be funded by the Greek state.

    According to the Souflias proposal, the mosque would be built in the "Naftiko Ochyro" (Naval Fortress) area of Votanikos, which is located approximately 700 metres from the new Athens Metro station at Agios Savvas.

    Siouflias added that the mosque's construction would be financed by the Greek state.

    The minister also submitted a national spatial planning outline.

    He said that all the relevant studies have already been received by the ministry while, over the coming 10 months, all the individual spatial plans and the national spatial plan will have proceeded.

    Siouflias noted that the first spatial plan will concern renewable energy sources, followed by one concerning tourism, while the third would be the industrial spatial plan.


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