Greece: Concerned about the growth of nationalism in Albania

Stavros Lambrinidis, Greece's Foreign Minister, has today expressed concern over the strengthening of nationalism in Albania. Lambrinidis said the concern is legitimate.

He has made no specifications, but apparently refers to attitudes that were recently holding the Black Red Alliance and a group of intellectuals in Albania.

Foreign Minister also expressed concern about the state of the Greek minority in the country, saying that the way this minority is treated as a barometer of relations between the two countries. Albania has Lambrinidis remember that it is the obligation for EU integration in the implementation of commitments on minorities.