Athens , 9 March 2010

A meeting was held today at the International Court of Justice in The Hague between the representatives of Greece and fYROM and the Court’s President, Mr. Hisashi Owada, regarding proceedings instituted by fYROM against Greece for the alleged violation by Greece of Article 11 of the 1995 Interim Accord.

This meeting was of procedural nature and was aimed at determining the further course of proceedings on this case following the lodging of written observations by fYROM on 20 July 2009 and by Greece on 19 January 2010.

The Court will issue an order in the coming days, which will also be uploaded on the Court’s website.

Greece was represented at the meeting by Ambassador George Savaides and the Head of the Foreign Ministry’s International Law Department and legal advisor, Ms. Maria Telalian.