Greek PM Papandreou talks with OSCE troika partners at Athens conference
(ANA-MPA) -- Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou, the current Organization of Co-operation & Security in Europe's (OSCE) chairman-in-office, met with the foreign ministers of Finland and Kazakhstan on Tuesday on the sidelines of the body's ministerial council in Athens. Papandreou, along with Finnish FM Alexander Stubb and Kazakhstan FM Kanat Saudabayev, form the current OSCE "troika", namely, the current, previous and upcoming chairperson of the organisation's one-year rotating presidency. The Greek premier, who also holds the foreign ministry portfolio, also had separate meetings with the two ministers. Later in the evening the Greek PM is scheduled to meet with Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, the current chairman of the EU's Swedish presidency, during a formal reception for visiting diplomatic delegations at the New Acropolis Museum.
