Subject: Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 17-01-31 From: "HR-Net News Distribution Manager" CONTENTS [01] Tsipras and Vucic's meeting focused on their future actions [02] Challenging the Lausanne Treaty is like challenging the EU borders, President Pavlopoulos says [03] Foreign Ministry condemns terror attack in Quebec [04] Migrants and refugees located on Samos' beach; missing man rescued --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [01] Tsipras and Vucic's meeting focused on their future actions "Our talks focused on what we have to do in the future," stated Serbian Prime Minister Alexander Vucic during the joint statements with visiting Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras. The strenghtening of the bilateral relations, financial issues as well as a joint convention of the two governments, with the first one in spring in Thessaloniki, as well as issues regarding the stability in the region dominated the two top officials' meeting in Belgrade. Moreover, Vucic thanked Greece for not recognising Kosovo's independence as well as for its support in Serbia's European course. [02] Challenging the Lausanne Treaty is like challenging the EU borders, President Pavlopoulos says Challenging the Lausanne Treaty is like challenging the borders of Greece and the European Union, Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos said in Lisbon. Pavlopoulos who is paying an official visit to Portugal made these statements at the official dinner hosted on his honour by Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa. "As for our relations with Turkey and the Greek borders, with emphasis on the Aegean, the Treaty of Lausanne must, according to the international law, be respected by everyone. This is even more important when it's challenging leads to the challenging of the borders not only of Greece but of the European Union," he underlined. Regarding the Cyprus issue, he said that "this is an international and mostly a European issue and we are seeking a fair and viable solution as soon as possible." He also referred to the economic and refugee crisis. [03] Foreign Ministry condemns terror attack in Quebec Greek Foreign Ministry unequivocally condemned Quebec mosque terrorist attack and expressed its solidarity to the people and government of Canada in a post on its twitter account on Tuesday. [04] Migrants and refugees located on Samos' beach; missing man rescued Coast Guard located 16 undocumented migrants early Tuesday on a beach on Samos island. The migrants and refugees had disembarked from a dinghy and told the authorities that a man that was among them fell into the water and is missing. A rescue operation was immediately launched and the missing person was found and rescued by a super puma helicopter.