Greece denies accepting check-in

Through an announcement on its official page, the Greek Foreign Ministry says the fact that the Albanian side is willing to cast as a matter does not mean that it has been accepted by the Greek side.

The statements by Albanian officials for the alleged involvement of the CHAcameʹ issue in talks between Greece and Albania are strictly coming down. However, the other is the desire of the Albanian side to lay it down as a matter, and the other is to be accepted for discussion”, said the Greek Foreign Ministry's response, media in Albania report.

The Greek side calls on the Albanian government not to undermine the good climate of dialogue, which has started to deliver the first results.

“We call on the Albanian side not to raise issues that conflict with the sincere and constructive dialogue that is continuing. The dialogue that helps, thanks to the efforts of both sides, to the apparent improvement of the climate in Albanian-Greek relations, which has produced results, for the common benefit of both countries and their citizens”, is said to be the Greek Foreign Ministry's response.

Bushat's Reaction

But Foreign Minister Ditmir Bushati said last night on the “show. Eni Vasili's open-air studio in News24 that the Chame case will be raised by the government until it finds solutions. We've been talking for three years. I have exchanged a document as foreign minister, who has subsequently promoted the dialogue mechanism for this process. We're not in the phase, whether he's spoken or not.

The Greek Foreign Ministry, through this reaction, conveys its concept of the issue. The Chame case will continue to be a matter for us until she finds a solution. When they say that there is no such thing as a matter, they are concerned or afraid unwarranted of territorial claims that do not exist for Chame Affairs. We, even in documents between the two sides, have considered it a matter of human rights and freedoms”, Bushati said.

President

Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos has called yesterday for the support of his Israeli counterpart, Reuven Revlin, on his two-day visit to Greece on Athens' relations with Ankara, Skopje and Tirana. As for Albania, Pavlopoulos has reiterated his demands for upholding International Law and Human Rights, including the Greek minority.

We support Albania's European perspective. However, this perspective depends on full respect for the International and European Law, in particular on respect for basic human rights and especially on minority rights and the right to property”, said Greece's President Prokopis Pavlopoulos.

Negotiations

The two delegations of the Greek and Albanian foreign ministries negotiated in Crete and Korca for finding solutions on issues, which are hampering the improvement of relations between the two countries. After the three-day meeting in Korca, Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias briefed in Brussels on the performance of negotiations with the Albanian side, which he called successful.

“I informed that negotiations in Albania were successful, that we took great steps to agree on those issues we did not agree on and that the 70 years” were put on hold, said Greek Foreign Minister Kotzias.

Regarding issues agreed on between the two delegations, the Greek side finds there are deadlines to be realised.

“With Albanians, with whom we have taken a big step, we have time terms”, the Greek minister said.