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Greek media echoes secret agreement between Tirana and Athens: Will Rama and Mitsotakis meet on Thursday?

2025-01-29 20:21:19Politikë SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Greek media echoes secret agreement between Tirana and Athens: Will Rama and
Rama and Mitsotakis

Other Greek media outlets have also echoed the news of the 'secret' agreement between Greece and Albania.

Although this agreement has been accompanied by a lack of transparency from the Albanian side, the news was announced two days before Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis visits Tirana on Thursday to attend the funeral of Archbishop Anastas Yanullatos.

There is still no official agenda or announcement from the Albanian government regarding a possible meeting between Prime Minister Edi Rama and his Greek counterpart. In fact, it was the Greek media that announced that Mitsotakis and 5 ministers will travel to Albania.

Although media from the neighboring country have not revealed more details about this agreement, the Albanian government's decision to keep it discreet raises some concerns.

Referring to the Kathimerini article, other Greek media outlets have summarized the agreed points of the agreement.

According to them, it provides:

1. Easier self-determination for the Greek Minority: Submission of civil status documents to prove minority affiliation is no longer required. Self-determination must be accepted within 30 days and complex verification procedures by Albanian authorities are removed.

2. Language and representation: For the first time, in addition to the criterion of 20% of the population for the use of the language, the existence of the traditional history of the minority in an area is also accepted as the basis for this right.

3. International and Greek monitoring: The implementation of the provisions will be monitored by the OSCE, the European Commission and the Greek Embassy in Tirana.

Meanwhile, other bilateral issues that the governments have agreed on include:

• Cooperation for Greek military cemeteries in Albania.

• Efforts to resolve maritime borders and Greek Minority property.

• Implementation of the agreement on postal voting for the Greek Minority living abroad.

Rama's relationship with Mitsotakis has gone through several twists and turns in recent years.

After the "Beleri" issue, which became a source of conflict between Athens and Tirana, Rama was missing an invitation from the Greek prime minister to a dinner he organized in Thessaloniki with Balkan leaders.

On May 12 of last year, when Prime Minister Edi Rama held a meeting in Athens with immigrants, in a rousing speech he also had a message for his Greek counterpart where he chose to send him 'greetings' with a poem in Greek by Fan Noli.

"The true desire of Albanians: we want to live in harmony, order and peace with all our Slavic and Greek neighbors, let us not become enemies and let us not fight. Enough of the tyrannies we have gone through, it is time for friendship and freedom."

While Thursday is only a few hours away, it remains to be seen whether there will be a meeting between the two prime ministers.


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