Greece - MFA - Deputy FM Dollis participates in the celebrations of the 20th anniversary of OMONOIA in Dervitsani, Albania

Deputy Foreign Minister Dimitris Dollis represented the Greek government yesterday, 16 January 2011, at Dervitsani, Gjirokastër, at the celebrations of the 20th anniversary of the Founding of the Organization of the Greek National Minority (OMONOIA) in Albania. Mr. Dollis met there with representatives of the OMONOIA and KEAD leadership, as well as with members of the Greek national minority who had gathered for the celebrations.

In his speech, Mr. Dollis conveyed the greetings of Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou, stressed the importance of OMONOIA and its work, and expressed a message of unity. “OMONOIA is an achievement of the Greek national minority; it is one, and it must embrace all members of the minority,” Mr. Dollis said, noting that OMONOIA was founded in Dervitsani 20 years ago to represent all the Greeks of Albania.

Mr. Dollis pointed out in his speech that OMONOIA’s goal is to unify representation of all the Greeks of Albania, secure self-evident and inalienable rights, maintain high morale and, mainly, consolidate the sense of confidence and security that derives from the existence of an agency that has a voice for the whole of the Greek national minority.