[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 30, Number 18 (Monday, May 9, 1994)]
[Page 1002]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Statement by the Press Secretary on the President's Telephone 
Conversation With Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou of Greece

May 6, 1994

    President Clinton spoke yesterday with Greek Prime Minister Andreas 
Papandreou regarding efforts to resolve issues relating to the Former 
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Cyprus. The President expressed his 
hope that the differences between Greece and the Former Yugoslav 
Republic of Macedonia could be resolved quickly. The President 
underscored the importance of the U.N. negotiating process led by Cyrus 
Vance and supported by U.S. Special Envoy Matthew Nimetz. The President 
and Prime Minister Papandreou agreed that the issue ought to be resolved 
promptly. President Clinton also expressed his support for the U.N.-
sponsored confidence building measures in Cyprus which he said were the 
best hope of making progress on issues important to all the parties.