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"The Albanian embassy was set on fire in Athens", the former head of the Secret Service reveals the behind-the-scenes with the law of war: What happened when Papandreou tried to repeal it

2024-07-20 14:59:07Politikë SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
"The Albanian embassy was set on fire in Athens", the former head of
Irakli Koçollari

The former head of the secret services and well-known diplomat, Irakli Koçollari, tells in "Top Talk" with Juli Xhokaxhi on Top Channel the intense events of 1987 for the abrogation of the law of war by Greece.

He says that Papandreou, the prime minister at the time, tried to repeal it, but faced a strong wave of civic backlash, fueled by the far right.

Koçollari also talks about the burning of the Albanian embassy in Athens and the official reaction of Tirana.

Irakli Koçollari: In 1987 I was a diplomat in Athens. At that time, a very intensive effort was made for Greece to lift the martial law. In 1981-82, how many events happened in Kosovo. We have not had genocides of the same magnitude as the Albanian population in the north.

The Prime Minister of Greece at that time was the leftist Papandreou. He was more enlightened. The Greek left has been clearer in relation to Albania.

Even within the Greek right they do not agree. At that time, ie in 1987, Papandreou took the great initiative to abrogate the law of war and knowing that there would be a reaction from the right and it would not be accepted, they made their calculations.

The decree at that time declaring martial law was a royal decree, not a parliamentary decision. The jurists then judged that if it were to pass in Parliament, it did not fully comply and thought that they might not be able to pass it in Parliament because of the numbers. At that time, opinion was prepared from the extreme right and the streets of Athens were filled with anti-Albanian writings. At that time, they did barbaric actions against the Albanian embassy there, they set it on fire. Many things have not been said, to maintain a pacifist statuquo of warm relations between the two countries, seeing what efforts the government of that time was making.

Our side sent non-public messages, in order not to put the Greek side between two fires. They compiled the law, notified our side that we have abrogated it by decision of the Council of Ministers, but it was not announced in the Official Gazette, which means that it remained undeclared as such legally.


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