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Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Edward O'Hara (Labour), on Tuesday, 20 June 1995, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 27 members in total.


GREECE AND ITS ROLE IN BALKAN POLITICS

That this House welcomes the release of the last batch of UN hostages by the Bosnian Serbs; acknowledges the important role played in the negotiations by Karolos Papoulias, Foreign Minister of Greece, and the Greek Defence Minister, Gerasimos Arsenis; welcomes their initiative, together with the recently achieved detente with Albania and multilateral exercises with Albania, Bulgaria and Romania, as a clear demonstration of the important part which Greece can play in defusing the crisis in the Balkans and in establishing conditions of peace, stability, co-operation and development in the region; and urges Her Majesty's Government to work to the full with its Greek counterparts to exploit the uniquely catalytic role which Greece can play in the Balkans.

Amendments

The Early day motion has received 2 amendments.

1278A1
leave out from `Balkans' to end and add `and calls on Greece to end its harassment of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and its adventurism in the Aegean.'.
1278A2
at end add `, in particular, in ending the unprovoked Greek economic aggression against Macedonia.'.

Secondary information

Type
Early day motion
Reference
1278 
1278A1 
1278A2 
Session
1994-95
Subjects
Greece Balkans Politics
Link
View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk