GREECE UNDER PRESSURE FOR RECOGNITION OF KOSOVO

Written by Athanasios Dragos



OBSERVER OF THE BALKANS

"The pressure to Greece for recognizes of Kosovo ! ; " Article Informer, citing senior government sources , said that Greece is under pressure from the U.S. and the EU and is getting closer and closer to the recognition of Kosovo , while stressing that this issue was the subject of his meeting of Dacic with Samaras .

According to senior officials of the Serbian government, not specifically said that " Greeks do not want to tell us directly that accept pressure from Brussels and Washington , but our " sell the story "that is angry with Serbia because of its good relations with FYROM . According to the same source , "Greece will be delayed as much as possible the recognition of Kosovo , primarily because it would make the position of Cyprus and the issue of recognition of the spun part of ."

An assessment of the political science professor and former ambassador of Serbia in France Predrag Simic , " Greeks are now awaiting a third package of financial support from the EU and this can be a very powerful tool for lobbying " and that " any recognition of Kosovo by Greece would cause a new wave of recognition . "

Also noted that the information on G / F , confirmed by the chairman of the parliamentary committee on Kosovo , Milovan Ntretsoun , who said that "there are signs that Greece is preparing to recognize Kosovo, but Greece is not alone . Is Romania and Slovakia . This however comes from the pressures of big EU countries and administration . " Mr. Ntretsoun also considered that "the relations between Serbia and FYROM certainly not a decisive factor for such a move by Greece ."

Serbian Foreign Minister Ivan Mrktis , for its part , said that has not been updated for allegedly recognition of Kosovo and he hoped this would not happen. "The girlfriend Greece , hopefully, will not proceed to such a step. This would negatively affect our relationships. But I would not want to speculate , " said the Serbian Minister.

Finally, according to terms of the parliamentary leader of the opposition Democratic Party of Serbia (DS), Borislav Stefanovic , "the Greece of the day under pressure " and "the concept of pressure in Europe is synonymous with Greece ." He noted that he considers that " this will not happen and that if it happened , it could not spoil relations with Greece , it was only a blow to the Serbian foreign policy ."

What we saw in the past to come ( recognizing Kosovo ) , as a product of pressure seems to be closer than ever. But we wonder why our friends Serbs to be bothered by such recognition when the same as the Brussels agreement showed the first green light. Now if such recognition cause other developments reconnaissance or separatism, this is an issue that should be of particular concern Athens before the final decision.