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Rama responds to Scholz: The Open Balkans do not compete with the Berlin Process

2022-06-10 21:27:20Politikë SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Rama responds to Scholz: The Open Balkans do not compete with the Berlin Process
Olaf Scholz and Edi Rama

Prime Minister Edi Rama spoke after the summit in Thessaloniki in an interview with RTSH. The head of government said that the Open Balkans, among others, was discussed at the summit. For this initiative, Rama said that it is a unit for the implementation of the Berlin Process. Rama also said that Greece has always held a supportive position towards Albania in the European Council.

Mr. Prime Minister, where were the discussions in the panel of leaders at this Summit here in Thessaloniki?

Edi Rama : This was a summit of an initiative which has had a relay from state to state for many years. Greece is leading the initiative and at the end there is a meeting of leaders, which generally focuses on current events. Today we have of course focused on the not at all easy situation, on the contrary extremely extraordinary, due to the war in Ukraine, the consequences on the economy, the short and medium term perspective in terms of both these aspects and of course the European Union's relations with the Western Balkans. with Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia where there was also a discussion of course on the future European Council and the situation still blocked today by Bulgaria, but we also talked about the Open Balkans.

Mr. Prime Minister, there was a recent statement by German Chancellor Scholz, who is visiting and touring the Balkans, announcing a forthcoming summit of the Western Balkan countries, the Berlin initiative being recognized, what news is expected from this and until this summit takes place, there will be new developments for Albania and Macedonia which are expected on June 23?

Edi Rama: Of course the resumption of the Berlin Process after the change in the chancellery and the reassignment of the Chancellery and personally of the German Chancellor for the Berlin Process is good news. The Berlin process is, let's say, a line of conduct of the Western Balkan countries and it is a space where those milestones are set, which are, as it were, concrete objectives and incentives for concrete work in the Open Balkans. So, the Berlin Process and the Open Balkans are not only not two opposing initiatives, they are not even two competing initiatives, but they are two complementary initiatives where one is at a principled level, the other is at a concrete level. The Open Balkans is a unit for the implementation of the Berlin Process.

There have been very strong statements by Prime Minister Mitsotakis who is the organizer of today's Summit regarding the rapid integration of the Western Balkans, especially Albania and Northern Macedonia. How do you assess his attitude and is it expected to have an impact?

Edi Rama: Greece has generally been, despite any stage, bilateral relations have not been at the highest level, but even when it comes to integration and the progress of the integration process, Greece has always held a leading position at the table. The European Council and I have not heard the statement of the Greek Prime Minister to whom you refer, but of course he has spoken about it in the meeting, but I am not at all surprised, on the contrary it is the natural thing that Greece has done continuously.

Given that Bulgaria is one of the founding members of this co-operation initiative with Southeast Europe, were there any signals of relaxation during today's meeting?

Edi Rama: The issue of Northern Macedonia is a matter of Bulgarian domestic policy, which means that it is one of those issues that are always more complicated than they seem and moreover are related to the interests of domestic politics, much more rather than at the core of the issues themselves.


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