Karamanlis, Obama reaffirm excellent relations

StrasbourgPrime minister Costas Karamanlis of Greece met on Saturday afternoon with new US President Barack Obama in Strasbourg shortly after the conclusion of NATO's 60th anniversary summit, and reaffirmed the excellent relations and bonds between the two countries.

Speaking to reporters before the discussion, the US President said he was happy to be meeting with the prime minister of Greece, adding that the meeting provided an opportunity to reaffirm the excellent relations between the US and Greece.

Obama stressed that it was not only the US that has been inspired by Ancient Greece, but Greece, too, has been inspired by the US, citing the American Revolution as an example. He said that the two countries share common democratic principles and will continue hand-in-hand in the 21st century as well, while also noting the significant role played by the Greek community in the US.

Obama futher noted that US-Greek cooperation was very crucial on matters concerning the confrontation of terrorism, the global financial crisis and energy security, adding that he was proud of his friendship with the Greek prime minister.

The prime minister added that Greece was in favor of further NATO enlargement, on condition, however, that the candidate countries fully meet the membership conditions set out by NATO, mainly with respect to establishing good neighbor relations

Obama expressed his desire to visit Athens, and listened with interest to the positions of Greek foreign policy regarding the wider region of the Balkans and Southeast Europe, while he also appeared positive towards backing Greece's efforts in the region.

ALBANIA, CROATIA IN NATO

Former Communist countries Albania and Croatia were formally welcomed on Saturday (4 April) as NATO's newest members. Macedonia's membership, however, is still pending due to a name dispute with Greece, while Georgia and Ukraine's accession perspectives look distant.

"You have very well earned your place at the table," outgoing NATO secretary general Jaap de Hoop Scheffer told Albanian and Croatian delegations at the opening of the NATO council on Saturday morning in Strasbourg.

Mr Scheffer said that the move is testimony to the countries' long years of reforms and a proof of the "open-door policy" of NATO enlargement. US President Barack Obama, himself for the first time at a NATO summit, thanked the pair for sending 140 Albanian and 296 Croatian troops to Afghanistan - a considerable contribution for the two small Balkan states of 3 and 4.5 million people, respectively.

Albania’s independence now ‘secure’ with its membership in NATO, says FM

STRASBOURG – Albania’s new membership in NATO means the tiny Balkan country will never again have to worry about foreign invaders, the foreign minister said. The flags of both Albania and Croatia were raised in front of NATO headquarters after the two countries became the alliance’s 27th and 28th members this week.

The leaders of Albania and Croatia attended NATO’s 60th summit yesterday as full members. “It’s a historic day for my nation, which has fought very hard for its freedom through centuries, most often alone,” Albania’s Foreign Minister Lulzim Basha said in a brief interview.

“The next time our freedom is threatened we’ll have (NATO’s 27 nations) with us,” he said.

Anyway about declaration of the Albanian FM Basha, Albania attacked Greece together with Italian of Mussolini Fascist forces on 28 October 1940 sending to invade his armed battalions to another independent state, Greece. The Greek parliament approved the "State of War with Albania".

Between Albania and Greece there is the Friendly Agreement of 1996, but the law "The State of War with Albania" never has been removed by the Greek parliament, even Albania is became member of NATO alliance.

TIRANA WANTS TO CONSIDER ALBANIAN EMIGRANTS AS DIASPORA

According to the "Libertas" Newspaper the Foreign Albanian Ministry is going to plain a project where the emigrants will call as diaspora, which understand that "they have no the right to vote for the elections in Albania". About 1/3 of Albanians are emigrant in Greece and Italy, particularly in Greece there are 800 thousand emigrant.

The project wants to deviate the right of the Albanians in Greece to come back to voting for the politic elections next June 2009. The Albanian opposite has urges the Albanian government to be transparent for the emigrants who live out of the borders, mostly in Greece.

According to NR 2 of Socialist Party Gramos Ruci, the police authorities are doing a inquiring process in Albanian territory for the emigrants that live relay in Greece to evident a process linked with the strategy of Berisha`s government to manipulate the politic elections in Albania.
According to estimates by Athens, in Greece live more 800 thousand Albanian emigrants mostly about 600 thousand are member of the Greek Minority known as northern epirotes.

www.gazetalibertas.com

ALBANIAN MEDIA, "VERY SENSIBILITY FOR THE STABILITY IN GREECE"

If something is happening in Greece in relation to public order does not appear clear from the Greek media, this will be distributed soon in Albania. This has happened and continues to happen in Albania, where national media broadcast and print media are very attentive to public security order in Greece. The case coincides with the latest development when two police officers were shot in Athens last night, while the Albanian media continues to portray stability in Greece as a phenomenon of Albania in 1997!!!

According to observers thought that not only Skopje but also Tirana are doing same thing sensitive to report against Greece, but Athens continues silence to explain what is really happening in Albania and FYROM. According to sources from Hellenic national security in Greece, 80% of crimes committed in Greece from immigrants, but politics continues to conceal the truth of the facts. Up to date according to police sources, from 100 to arrest for violent protests in Greece, about 80 of them have origin immigrants from Albania.

NATO chief soon to send letters of invitation to Croatia and Albania to join alliance

NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer has been notified by the US State Department that all NATO member states have deposited their ratification instruments in Washington, and he will soon send a letter of invitation to Croatia and Albania to join the alliance, NATO's public relations office told Hina in Brussels on Monday.

Earlier in the day, de Hoop Scheffer told Croatian Television (HRT) that it would be a privilege for him to write a formal letter of invitation and that he would do so as soon as he received an official notification from the US State Department as the depository of the North Atlantic Treaty.
After the NATO Secretary General officially invites Albania and Croatia to join, the two countries are to deposit their ratification instruments in the US State Department, as of which moment they will become full members of the alliance.

The Croatian Parliament ratified the North Atlantic Treaty on 25 March and is now awaiting a formal invitation from the NATO Secretary General.

A US State Department spokeswoman said on Monday that the ambassadors of Croatia and Albania would be invited to the State Department most likely on Tuesday or Wednesday to deposit the accession instruments ratified by their parliaments.

Albania in NATO a between propaganda and national aspirates

Albanian Press: "The Maritime space agreement between Albania and Greece is going to block the Northern Epirus rivendication by Greece!!!

Faximile of ONU convention

According to the Newspaper "SHQIP" in Tirana the Greek FM Bakogianis will be next days to agree with Albanian authorities, the Maritime Space and Continental Shelf Initialed both tow countries. But albania writes the newspaper "SHQIP" refereeing foreign Albanian ministry sources is seeing the agreement in favor of national interest, regarding the "dead of the riventication of The Northern Epirus" by Greece, particularly after the join of Albania to NATO alliance.

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What is the agreement? The agreement is a part of " United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982" based on international conventions of ONU.

Albania: Agreement Between the Hellenic Republic and the Republic of Albania on the Delimitation of Their Maritime Space and Continental Shelf Initialed
On 19 March 2009 the “Agreement between the Republic of Albania and the Hellenic Republic on the Delimitation of their Maritime Space and Continental Shelf” was initialed at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

This Agreement of special national significance for both our countries, which is based on the international law principles and on the UN Maritime Convention, is due to be signed soon.

ALBANIA IN DELIRE

BETWEEN SOVEREIGNTY AND ASPIRATION TO UNIFY THE TERRITORIES INHABITED BY ALBANIANS

THE ALBANIAN SLOGANS FOR THE JOIN THE COUNTRY TO NATO ALLIANCE

"ALBANIA IN NATO, SAVE SOVEREIGNTY"
"ALBANIA IN NATO, THIS IS THE MIRACLE OF FREEDOM”

"ALBANIA IN NATO, A DREAM WHICH
WANTED 96% OF POPULATION`S VOTE!!!"
"ALBANIAN IN NATO AN ASPIRATION OF ALBANIANS"