Greek State Minister Makis Voridis says he has strong doubts about the Albanian side's claims when he declares that he does not interfere with the country's justice.
Commenting on the case of Fredi Beler, he said during a conference that the Albanian state claims not to interfere with the country's justice. As a result, this raises doubts, as he claims, Beler should have been allowed to be sworn in as mayor.
He went even further by saying that Albania is a totalitarian state, which in other circumstances would have been completely isolated from the West, yet said that he himself has been in favour of a softer approach to the situation.
"When we have countries like that, what do we do with them? "Do we let them go or do we stop them?" he said.
Commenting on his participation in the parliamentary assembly of the Organization for Security and Stability in Europe, he stressed: "I was for a soft approach. I thought if we were completely apolitical, these countries would be completely isolated and ultimately the West would have no influence on the development of their institutions and democracies. So I wanted to be in a negotiation for a while," the Greek minister said.
He went on to stress that "many countries still have totalitarian regimes and many peoples and many people suffer from this situation."