    [Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 36, Number 15 (Monday, April 17, 2000)]
    [Pages 786-787]
    [Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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    Statement on the Greek Legislative Elections

    April 10, 2000

        I congratulate Konstandinos Simitis, Prime Minister of the Hellenic
    Republic, and his PASOK party for their victory in the Greek legislative
    elections on April 9. I also applaud Konstandinos Karamanlis and the New
    Democracy Party for running a fine campaign. The elections demonstrated
    yet again the vitality of democracy in the land of its birth and should
    serve as an example to the rest of the world.
        The election results and the debates fostered by the campaign show a
    broad consensus in favor of the course Greece has chosen: economic
    prosperity at home and fuller integration with the European Union;
    leadership in building stability in the Balkans and southeastern Europe;
    improved relations with Turkey; and progress toward a just and lasting
    settlement on Cyprus. On these and other issues, the United States
    pledges its continuing support and cooperation.

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