Despite the frequent meetings that are taking place between the two prime ministers, Edi Rama and Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the two countries are still not taking the step of taking the unresolved sea issue to the Hague Court.
Prime Minister Rama has repeated in an interview given during his stay in Athens last week, for the daily Kathimerini , that it will be the Hague Court that will decide.
But again, he does not provide details on the current progress of the preparation of the legal file that must be agreed by both parties to be submitted to The Hague.
"We have agreed to disagree and the case will be resolved by the International Court of Justice in The Hague. We have a fantastic relationship with Greece and personally with Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who knows how to talk and knows how to listen. The people always find a way to solve things" , said Rama.
In the interview titled "we are sons of the same God" referring to the ties between our two peoples, Rama talks about the importance of leadership in the relations established with the neighbors. To evaluate in this way the leadership of Mitsotakis, who insisted together with the minister Nikos Dendias for the opening of Rama's personal exhibition in Athens.
"There are politicians who are serving their own agendas and thus bilateral ties are not determined by human relations but by leadership, and especially when we talk about neighboring countries. People say that we produce more stories in the Balkans than we are able to consume. I am optimistic about the Balkans, however, especially if we find a way to work together and even more so to come under the EU umbrella. We have our problems, of course, our disagreements and our tricks, but that's who we are, otherwise, we would be Benelux. Sure, we'll fight and argue, but when disaster strikes, it's your neighbor who will come to the rescue first. Sympathy always comes first and people know that."
Kathimerini's article dwells a lot on Rama's profile as an artist, sportsman and now a politician, but from the beginning of the article he is portrayed as a rock star rather than a prime minister due to his style of clothing and his whole behavior is read as "unconventional".