[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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