1. During the first Balkan summit on the Greek island of Crete last year, Greece and Turkey agreed to revive a long-dormant American-backed nonaggression pact. 2. During the first Balkan summit on the Greek island of Crete last year, Greece and Turkey agreed to revive a long-dormant American-backed non-aggression pact. 3. Greek Premier Costas Simitis and his Turkish counterpart Bulent Ecevit were both at a Balkan summit Wednesday in Macedonia. 4. Greek and Turkish officials are expected to meet again in early November, on the sidelines of a Balkan summit due to be held on the island of Crete. 5. Heading to Balkan summit, U.S. Secretary of State stops in Kosovo to push end to ethnic violence. 6. In November, a Greek-Turkish meeting on the sidelines of a Balkan summit held in Crete also failed to ease tensions. 7. Lake is heading a high-level American delegation in Europe this week to push for a Balkan summit. 8. Russia, which attended the Balkan summit as an observer, made it clear it wants to actively participate in the region. 9. Protesters then marched to the presidential palace, but President Emil Constantinescu was attending a Balkan summit in the Macedonian capital, Skopje. 10. The first Balkan summit was held last year on the Greek island of Crete. |