Friday, November 12, 2010



Update: Greece and Albania, continue without any "official" border

Gazeta Shqip "Missing" the agreement of the border land with Greece

After cancellation of naval agreement, now land border, "is lost" the protocol Albanian jurists of international law, stated that this agreement can not be discussed, as was declared null by the Constitutional Court

After two weeks, the Albanian diplomacy through a delegation to be headed by the secretary general of Foreign Ministry Gazmend Turdiu,who will negotiate with the Greek side agreement on delimitation of the waters, and some other issues related to border issues between the two countries.

Diplomats with knowledge of the old Greek-Albanian relations and especially experts in border issues, said that this time, the negotiation is extremely difficult. This becomes even more difficult by the current context of the allegations by media, following the collapse of the Constitutional Court of the agreement reached about a year ago between the two parties, which agreement was appealed and caused a tremendous public response.

While Albanian jurists of international law, stated that this agreement can not be discussed, as was declared null by the Constitutional Court.

Sources from the Foreign Ministry, to announce that preparations for this confrontation with the Greek side are launched. While diplomats have expressed their reservation, that in this case of Albania, has trouble finding a professional expert on the issue of sea shelf, as in the first rounds of negotiations between Athens and Tirana, the Greek side rejected the booking from side of Italian experts specialists.

Lack of information about the existence in the ministry a copy of the agreement gave the Greek side, has caused serious concern, raised in the form of an alarm within the staff close to the line departments. Likewise, it is known that along with this copy of the draft, a copy of the response required from the Greek for official Albanian question "whether Albania and Greece are at war or not, the answer, according to diplomats, even from a former Foreign Minister of Albania, was affirmative. However, concern about finding or not this draft, is not yet officially present writes today "Gazeta Shqip".

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