GREECE BACKS ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY

Athens praised an initiative by the Italian government, within the United Nations framework, to abolish the death penalty around the world.
Foreign ministry spokesman George Koumoutsakos reminded that "the European Union has already made a statement in favor of the abolition of capital punishment during the 61st UN general assembly, proposing during a first stage the imposition of a moratorium on executions. This statement was signed by 87 countries, and of course, by Greece and its European partners."