Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias in an interview for the press blames on the Albanian and Greek opposition for hindering the reach of an agreement between the two countries.
“We have problems with Albania, even 90 years. Issues remained unsolved after being exposed to some extent after the end of the Cold War, adding the fact that previous governments, even if they wanted to choose some of them, left them in the middle of the road. Let’s take the law of war for example. Can we imagine that we are still the two countries in the war? Opposites, on both sides of the border, are trying to work on this ground, on the anger of the people. To reproduce negative stereotypes and prejudices among peoples. They came to say that Greece lost North Epirus because of me”.
Asked whether an agreement with Albania would cause the same reactions as the pact with Macedonia, Kotzias gave the answer.
“I hope that there will be more maturity regarding solutions to the issues we have with Albania. We want friendships among peoples and a policy of peaceful coexistence between our societies. Personally, I have always admired my excellent Albanian students at the University of Piraeus, who have become teachers in their own country. “
The parties are optimistic that the coming weeks will be decisive for the conclusion of talks, where the delimitation of maritime areas, border pyramids and border incident management are still under discussion./tvklan.al
