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Athens News Agency: News in English, 07-01-27
CONTENTS
[01] Papandreou on trip to New Delhi
[02] DM Evangelos Meimarakis on visit to Egypt
[03] Solidarity march for Palestinian people
[01] Papandreou on trip to New Delhi
Main opposition PASOK party leader and Socialist International
President George Papandreou will leave for India on Saturday to address
the conference organised by the National Congress Party in New Delhi on
January 28-29 on the issue of "Strengthening policies for peace and
non-violence. The philosophy of Gandhi in the 21st century."
The conference, organised on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of
the creation of the Non-Violence Movement by Mahatma Gandhi, will
examine reports by distinguished researchers on issues concerning
resolving conflicts and peace, as well as Gandhi's philosophy to combat
poverty, strengthen peoples and dialogue between cultures, according to
an announcement by the PASOK party.
During his stay in New Delhi, Papandreou will be meeting, among others,
Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi and Indian Foreign Minister Sri
Pranab Moukherzi.
[02] DM Evangelos Meimarakis on visit to Egypt
Defence Minister Evangelos Meimarakis will leave for Egypt on Sunday on
an official visit (accompanied by the president of the Parliamentary
Committee of Foreign Affairs and Defence Panos Kammenos), for talks
with his Egyptian counterpart Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi.
The two ministers will be discussing issues concerning defence,
technical and military cooperation between the two countries, according
to an announcement by the defence ministry.
In the framework of his visit, the minister will be visiting the
Monument of the Fallen Greeks at El Alamein, the Patriarchate of
Alexandria and the Library and the Greek Language School for the cadres
of Egypt's armed forces and will be having contacts with the Greek
community in Cairo and Alexandria.
[03] Solidarity march for Palestinian people
A solidarity march for the Palestinian people, organised by the
Initiative Committee with the participation of trade unions, municipal
movements and leftist organisations, ended without incident at noon on
Saturday. The demonstrators, who set out from Eleftheria Square,
marched to the U.S. embassy, shouting slogans of solidarity for the
Palestinian people, and then reached the Israeli embassy, where they
dispersed peacefully.
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