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«Φωτιά» και στην Νότια Βουλγαρία θα βάλει ο Σουλτάνος  Ερντογάν, μετά την αήθη απαίτηση του   για  την διεξαγωγή δημοψηφίσματος για την...

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18 Οκτωβρίου 2016, 7:02 πμ

«Φωτιά» και στην Νότια Βουλγαρία θα βάλει ο Σουλτάνος  Ερντογάν, μετά την αήθη απαίτηση του   για  την διεξαγωγή δημοψηφίσματος για την προσχώρηση της Θεσσαλονίκης, της Κύπρου και των νησιών του Αιγαίου στην Τουρκία.

Έρχεται η σειρά όμως τώρα και της Βουλγαρίας, η οποία φιλοξενεί την πολυπληθέστερη τουρκική μειονότητα.    
Ο επικεφαλής του τουρκικού κόμματος  DOST της Βουλγαρίας σε συνάντηση τετ τα τετ  με  τον Ερντογάν έλαβε σύμφωνα με “έγκυρες βουλγαρικές πληροφορίες,  την σαφή εντολή να ξεκινήσει  κλιμακούμενες διαμαρτυρίες σε όλη την έκταση στην νότιας Βουλγαρίας,  με στόχο την τουρκική ανάμειξη στην βουλγαρική κυβέρνηση και στην περιοχή άυτή» .

Τρέμουν οι Βούλγαροι μην τυχόν εξεγερθεί η μεγάλη τουρκική μειονότητα στην χώρα τους  και δημιουργηθεί μία » ανατολική Ουκρανία σε βουλγαρικό έδαφος»

Η  αντιπροσωπεία του τουρκικού κόμματος DOST , με επικεφαλής τον πρόεδρό της Lyutvi Mestan και τρεις βουλευτές του βουλγαρικού κοινοβουλίου , πραγματοποίησε  συνάντηση με τον Τούρκο πρόεδρο Ρετζέπ Ταγίπ Ερντογάν στην Άγκυρα,  ανακοίνωσε το γραφείο Τύπου του κόμματος .
Ο Mestan έχει επισκεφθεί την Τουρκία αρκετές φορές τα τελευταία δύο χρόνια και κάθε φορά η επίσκεψη του είχε συνδέσεις με  γεγονότα στο εσωτερικό της Βουλγαρίας .
Ο  ίδιος  συνάντησε τον Ερντογάν και τον «συνεχάρη » για  την εκλογή του ως Προέδρου με τά το αποτυχημένο πραξικόπημα της 15ης Ιουλίου 2016.

Ο «κύριος» Mestan ηγέτης του τουρκικού κόμματος στην Βουλγαρία , είχε αποβληθεί από το κόμμα DPS για ένα διάστημα ,  αφού  είχε εκφράσει άποψη ότι καλώς καταρρίφθηκε το ρωσικό Su-24 από τουρκικά F-16 στην Συρία  , παίρνοντας «θέση»  στη διαμάχη Μόσχας-Άγκυρας για το θέμα αυτό . !!

Το δημοσίευμα του βουλγαρικού πρακτορείου ειδήσεων αναφερόμενο στην ατζέντα των δύο πλευρών τόνισε ότι «το θέμα που συζητήθηκε δεν ήταν σαφές», τονίζοντας  ότι πίσω από τέτοιες «συναντήσεις» ετοιμάζονται πολλά και διάφορα , ειδικά από την Άγκυρα .  
Το σχέδιο του Σουλτάνου που έχει χάσει εντελώς το μέτρο των πράξεων του,  είναι μεθοδική απόσπαση εδαφών από την Ελλάδα, Βουλγαρία στα Βαλκάνια, και  η οικονομική «διείσδυση» με σκοπό τον πολιτικό έλεγχο σε Βοσνία, Κοσσυφοπέδιο και φυσικά στην   Αλβανία .

Οι Τούρκοι πράκτορες σε συνεργασία με την μουσουλμανική μειονότητα στην Θράκη έχουν «προετοιμάσει» άλλωστε το έδαφος εδώ και  πολύ καιρό με την ανοχή των ελληνικών πολιτικών δυνάμεων .  

Τίποτα δεν είναι τυχαίο και τίποτα δεν είναι για την δημιουργία εντυπώσεων , η σημερινή νέο-οθωμανική Τουρκία με την «χρήση» του άκρατου νεοτουρκικού εθνικισμού προσπαθεί να επιβληθεί στην περιοχή σε ένα ριμέικ της «παλιάς καλής οθωμανικής εποχής για τους ίδιους» .
Επισημαίνουμε ότι για μια φορά ακόμη βγαίνουμε αληθινοί σύμφωνα με παλαιότερο  άρθρο με τίτλο(Οι Τουρκαλβανοί ετοιμάζουν την ρεβάνς τους με τον Γ’ Βαλκανικό πόλεμο επιβεβαιώνοντας παλαιότερο άρθρο του pentapostagma.gr), με το οποίο τονίζαμε ότι οι δηλώσεις πολλών διπλωματικών και στρατιωτικών αξιωματούχων  νυν και εν ενεργεία μας «προειδοποιούν» για επερχόμενο βαλκανικό πόλεμο, τον τρίτο μετά το μακρινό 1912-13  με «σπόνσορα» φυσικά την Τουρκία και «σπίθα» τον αλβανικό εθνικισμό.

Έγκυρα γεωπολιτικά ινστιτούτα , Thinks Tanks, αναλύσεις μυστικών υπηρεσιών όπως της CIA , της σερβικής BIA, αλλά και της ρωσικής GRU , αναφέρουν για ενδεχόμενη ανάφλεξη σε Κοσσυφοπέδιο, Βοσνία, και φυσικά ΠΓΔΜ, λόγω ακριβώς των σχεδίων Τουρκίας και Αλβανίας.
Σε άλλο άρθρο στο pentapostagma.gr με τίτλο (CIA: Αναβίωση της Βαλκανικής συμμαχίας λόγω της εμφάνισης της «Μεγάλης Αλβανίας» και τρίτος βαλκανικός πόλεμος!), είχαμε προειδοποιήσει ότι Σερβία, Ελλάδα, Βουλγαρία και πΓΔΜ θα  δημιουργήσουν ενδεχομένως «ορθόδοξο  τόξο »  λόγω της κυοφορούμενης προσπάθειας  δημιουργίας της «Μεγάλης Αλβανίας».

Μάλιστα και οι Σέρβοι προειδοποιούν για επερχόμενα γεγονότα στην «γειτονιά μας » λίαν συντόμως με άρθρο μας που είχε τίτλο ( Οι Σέρβοι «προειδοποιούν» για νέο επερχόμενο βαλκανικό πόλεμο). Ενώ πριν ένα μήνα και ο επικεφαλής της στρατιωτικής επιτροπής του ΝΑΤΟ Τσέχος στρατηγός  έκρουσε τον κώδωνα του κινδύνου , ειδικά για την περιοχή μας.

Το σχέδιο αυτό χρηματοδοτείται και προωθείται εδώ και χρόνια από την Άγκυρα,  με σκοπό να αλλάξουν τα σύνορα στα Βαλκάνια σε μια προσπάθεια να πάρουν μια ρεβάνς και να ξαναπατήσουν τα εδάφη, τα οποία σε όλα τα σχολικά βιβλία της Τουρκίας  αναφέρονται ως «τουρκικά», γαλουχώντας ολόκληρες γενιές και γενιές .

John Podesta: Hillary Clinton’s Campaign Chief Is Half Greek

By
Philip Chrysopoulos -
Oct 14, 2016
Greek Reporter
WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 24: Center for American Progress co-founder John Podesta moderates a panel discussion during a conference commemorating the 10th anniversary of the center at the Astor Ballroom of the St. Regis Hotel October 24, 2013 in Washington, DC. Former Clinton Administration Chief of Staff Podesta co-founded the liberal public policy research and advocacy organization as a think tank that rivals conservative policy groups, such as the Heritage Foundation and the American Enterprise Institute. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)


John Podesta has made front page news on Wednesday after his purportedly hacked email was released on the Wikileaks website. The chairman of the Hillary Clinton campaign purportedly used the phrase “Needy Latinos” in urging the presidential candidate to call certain Latino politicians and ask for their support.

On Wednesday evening, Podesta issued a statement saying that, inter alia, “It is now clear that the illegal hack of my personal email account was — just like the other recent, election-related hacks — the work of the Russian government. This level of meddling by a foreign power can only be aimed at boosting Donald Trump and should send chills down the spine of all Americans, regardless of political party.”

The credentials of John Podesta are impressive. He has served as Chief of Staff to President Bill Clinton and Counselor to President Barack Obama. He is former president and now Chair and Counselor of the Center for American Progress (CAP), a liberal think tank in Washington, D.C., and is also a Visiting Professor of Law at the Georgetown University Law Center.

John Podesta was born in 1949 in Chicago. His mother, Mary Kokoris, was Greek-American and his father, John David Podesta, Sr, was Italian-American. He graduated from Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois, where he had volunteered for the presidential candidacy of Eugene McCarthy. He received his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center in 1976. He is married to attorney Mary Podesta and they have three children.

In an earlier article in The New York Times Podesta had said that he loves to cook Greek dishes he learned from his mother.

In March, in an event hosted by “Greek-Americans for Hillary” he had said that “Hillary Clinton as First Lady, Senator and State Department Secretary had asserted the truly unique ties that bind the United States to Greece. She always thought that was very important and has worked hard for them.”

In July, on the occasion of the visit of Archbishop Demetrios at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia he wrote on Twitter: “My Greek mother will be really happy that Archbishop Demetrios will attend the Democratic National Convention tonight.”

Related: The list of the Greek Americans Famous

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Greek_Americans

Kë kërcënon Greqia?

Blendi Fevziu

Nga Blendi Fevziu –
Ka qenë befasuese, e çuditshme dhe minimalisht e gabuar deklarata që Ministri i Jashtëm Grek, Kocias ka bërë për shtypin e Athinës javën që kaloi. Duke ju përgjigjur një pyetje për pretendimet shqiptare dhe “presionin” që Shqipëria po bën për çështjen çame ai është shpehur:

“Greqia ia kalon (Shqipërisë) në të gjitha drejtimet. Ka dhjetëfishin e GDP-së, sisteme të shumëfishta mbrojtjeje dhe sigurie, shumëfish forcë ekonomike. Ata janë të varur sa i përket ekonomisë, remitancave të emigrantëve, investimeve, tregtisë. Kemi edhe përfaqësim asimetrik në arenën ndërkombëtare. Ndaj është mirë që të bashkëpunojnë, të bëhen realistë dhe të ndihmojnë në krijimin e marrëdhënieve të përfitimit të përbashkët. Të zgjidhim çështjet e hapura bazuar në të drejtën ndërkombëtare dhe traditën europiane”

Përtej të qenit një kërcënim i mirëfilltë dhe një deklaratë që në raportet mes dy vendeve thuajse nuk dëgjohet që nga fillimi i viteve ’90 – të, deklarata e Kociasit është edhe në konflikt të hapur pikërisht me atë që vetë Kocias pretendon. Pra “me të drejtën ndërkombëtare dhe traditën europiane”. Pak ditë më parë, Komisioneri Hahn duke ju përgjigjur një eurodeputeteje greke në Bruksel, është shprehur për problemet e mbetura pezull mes dy vendeve:

“Këtu përfshihet përcaktimi i shelfit kontinental dhe zonave detare shqiptaro-greke, të drejtat e personave që u përkasin minoriteteve dhe çështjen çame.”
Pra është pikërisht Europa ajo që sugjeron gjetjen e një zgjidhje mes dy vendeve dhe që e konsideron çështjen Came një problem real. Një çështje që për herë të parë që nga viti 1945 del nga raportet dy palëshe dhe kthehet në një çështje zyrtarisht ndërkombëtare. Edhe pse Greqia vijon të përsërisë refrenin e saj siç i shkruajti edhe Komisionerit Hahn:

“Për Greqinë nuk ekziston çështje çame, e si rrjedhojë, nuk ka pasur dhe nuk do të ketë kurrë një çështje të tillë në agjendën greko-shqiptare”
Pra në këtë drejtim, Kocias, nëse ka ndonjë vërejtje, duhet t’ja adresojë atë Brukselit. Ai duhet t’i tregojë GDP, sistemet e mbrojtjes dhe fuqinë ekonomike pikërisht atyre që po mbajnë ende në këmbë me paratë e taksapaguesve të tyre një shtet të falimentuar, një shoqëri që s’po gjën shpëtim dhe një klasë politike krejtësisht parasite dhe të vetëkënaqur.

Në fund, nëse flasim për raportet mes dy vendeve, PO, Kocias ka të drejtë. Ai thotë se Shqiptarët e shohin Greqinë të dobët. Në fakt, jo vetëm Shqiptarët po gjithë Ballkani ka thuajse 8 vite që ndjek më ankth përpëlitjen greke dhe pamundësinë e europës për të ndihmuar një shtet të falimentuar. Një shtet të dobët, që nuk është as hija e atij që hiqej 10 vjet më parë. Por Shqipëria nuk mbështetet mbi fuqinë apo pafuqinë e Athinës. As politikat nuk i ka ndërtuar mbi një bazë të tillë.

Shqipëria mbështetet mbi një të drejtë që Greqia e ka refuzuar me arrogancë, e ka konsideruar inekzistente nisur edhe nga pafuqia që Shqipërisë i vinte nga izolimi. Sot gjerat janë ndryshe dhe Greqia, duhet t’i adresojë problemet ashtu siç janë dhe t’u japë atyre një zgjidhje reale, siç sugjeron edhe Hahn. Nëse Kocias kujton sistemet e mbrojtjes dhe ushtrinë, edhe pse nuk është etike, mund t’i kujtonim Ministrit të Jashtëm Grek që vendi i tij në 100 vitet e fundit nuk ka fituar asnjë luftë, përkundrazi, ka qenë dukshëm inferior ndaj ndonjë vendi fiqnjë, nga i cili e ka shpërtuar NATO dhe integrimi Europian dhe jo sistemet e mbrojtjes apo ushtria.

Greqia dhe Shqipëria duhet të kenë marrëdhënie të mira dhe bashkëpunimi, por këto s’mund të jenë kurrë marrëdhënie diktati. Kjo histori ka marrë fund dhe e para që duhet ta ndjejë këtë është Athina zyrtare. Raporti i mirë mes dy vendeve ju vlen jo vetëm atyre, por gjithë rajonit!

Ερώτηση Βουλευτή Χρυσής Αυγής Ηλία Παναγιώταρου για τις αρπαγές στην περιουσία των Βορειοηπειρωτών

ΠΡΟΣ: ΥΠΟΥΡΓΕΙΟ ΕΞΩΤΕΡΙΚΩΝ

ΘΕΜΑ: «Αρπαγές περιουσίας Βορειοηπειρωτών»

Ενώ η αλβανική κυβέρνηση γνωρίζει τις πλαστογραφήσεις που έχουν γίνει σχετικά με τις ιδιοκτησίες στην παραλία της Παλάσας, παρόλα αυτά έχει εγκρίνει την κατασκευή δύο τουριστικών συγκροτημάτων, χαρακτηρίζοντας μάλιστα μια από τις κατασκευαστικές εταιρείες ως «στρατηγικό επενδυτή».
Στην κάποτε παρθένα παραλία, η οποία είναι γνωστή από τους κατοίκους της περιοχής με το όνομα Δραλαίο ή οι λευκοί δρόμοι, στις 7 Μαρτίου 2014 η σημερινή κυβέρνηση ενέκρινε άδεια ανάπτυξης για τουριστικό συγκρότημα «Green Coast», ένα συγκρότημα με βίλες και διαμερίσματα του ομίλου Balfin, το οποίο θα εκτείνεται σε μια επιφάνεια 185 χιλιάδων τετραγωνικών μέτρων.
Λίγα χιλιόμετρα παραπέρα, την ίδια ημερομηνία, το Εθνικό Συμβούλιο Χωροταξίας χορήγησε μια ακόμη άδεια κατασκευής για ένα συγκρότημα με πολυτελείς βίλες, έκτασης 8 χιλιάδων τετραγωνικών μέτρων της εταιρείας Eurocol Ε.Π.Ε.

Το τουριστικό συγκρότημα "Green Coast" αξιολογήθηκε ως «στρατηγικός επενδυτής» το 2016, με απόφαση της αλβανικής κυβέρνησης.
Έγγραφα και αποδείξεις, που μπόρεσε να εξασφαλίσει το ειδησεογραφικό πρακτορείο BIRN, αποδεικνύουν ότι το εν λόγω συγκρότημα, αλλά και το συγκρότημα Eurocol κατασκευάζονται σε εκτάσεις, η ιδιοκτησία των οποίων έχει πλαστογραφηθεί, γεγονός για το οποίο οι αρμόδιοι κρατικοί φορείς ήταν πλήρως ενημερωμένοι.

Ερωτάται ο αρμόδιος υπουργός:
Είναι εν γνώσει του ότι οι αλβανικές αρχές, αν και γνωρίζουν την καταπάτηση περιουσιών Βορειοηπειρωτών της Ελληνικής μειονότητας στην περιοχή της Χιμάρας, κάνουν τα στραβά μάτια και παραχωρούν άδειες κατασκευής πολυτελών συγκροτημάτων σε εκείνους που πλαστογράφησαν έγγραφα για να καταπατήσουν τις περιουσίες αυτές;

Τι προτίθεται το υπουργείο να κάνει ώστε να αποτρέψει την κατάφωρη παραβίαση των νόμων εναντίον μελών της Βορειοηπειρωτικής Ελληνικής Μειονότητας, που βλέπουν να χάνουν τις περιουσίες τους, αδύναμοι να αντιδράσουν στην αυθαιρεσία ορισμένων εκλεκτών της αλβανικής κυβέρνησης;

Αθήνα, 07/10/2016
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Erdogan: Referendum për Trakën dhe zonat me turq jashtë Turqisë

Top Channel
17/10/2016

Flamuri turk mbi uren e Bosforit

Kokëçarje të re për politikën e Jashtme greke sjell deklarata e fundit e presidentit turk Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Në një fjalim për çështjen e Mosulit, Erdogan ka hedhur idenë e një referendumi popullor për zonat gjeografike, ku sipas tij jetojnë banorë turq, të cilat u janë dhënë shteteve të tjera pas traktateve të viteve 1918-1920. Midis tyre përmend Trakën Perëndimore në Greqi, Qipron, ishujt e Egjeut, e madje edhe vet Selanikun.

“Turqia nuk është vetëm kjo e 79 milionë banorëve, por ka përgjegjësi edhe për qindra mijëra vëllezërit tanë në zonat gjeografike, me të cilat na mbajnë të lidhura hallkat politike dhe kulturore. Është detyrë e saj të interesohet për Sirinë, Irakun, Libinë, Krimenë, Karabakun, Bosnjen dhe zonat e tjera”, ka thënë ai, ndërsa ka shtuar se vendimet atyre viteve për zonat e Perandorisë Osmane ku kishte shumicë arabe duhej të ishin marrë në bazë të vullnetit të popullit.

Për rastin e Trakës Perëndimore, Erdogan ka theksuar se kriter është prirja në drejtimin e fesë dhe gjinisë, dhe se statusi ligjor i kësaj zone duhet të përcaktohet si rezultat i një referendumi të lirë popullor.

Deklaratat e presidentit turk janë transmetuar menjëherë në të gjitha mediat në Greqi, ndërsa edhe Ministria e Jashtme greke ka reaguar me një deklaratë për shtyp, ku theksohet:

Traka është greke, demokratike dhe europiane. Çfarëdolloj mendimi tjetër është i palogjikshëm dhe i rrezikshëm, pasi nxitja publike e çështjeve historike dhe sidomos atyre kufitare, që Traktati i Lozanës ka rregulluar në mënyrë përfundimtare dhe të pakthyeshme, duke formuar elementë të detyrueshëm për të gjithë, është sfiduese dhe minon stabilitetin rajonal.

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Ερντογάν: Ζητά δημοψήφισμα σε δυτική Θράκη για προσχώρηση στην Τουρκία

Proto Thema

17/10/2016

ΣΧΕΤΙΚΑ ΑΡΘΡΑ

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  «Επιζήμια» για την Τουρκία η Συνθήκη της Λωζάνης, λέει ο Ερντογάν

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  Η Αθήνα απαντά στον Ερντογάν: Η Θράκη είναι ελληνική - Αδιανόητη και επικίνδυνη οποιαδήποτε άλλη σκέψη

Και αφήνει υπονοούμενα για Θεσσαλονίκη, νησιά Αιγαίου και Κύπρο! - Οξύνει ξανά τη ρητορική του με αφορμή τα όσα συμβαίνουν στη Μοσούλη - «Η Θράκη είναι ελληνική» απαντά η Αθήνα

Σε νέα πρόκληση προχώρησε τη Δευτέρα ο Τούρκος πρόεδρος Ρετζέπ Ταγίπ Ερντογάν ο οποίος λίγες ημέρες μετά την αμφισβήτηση της συνθήκης της Λωζάνης, ζήτησε τη διεξαγωγή δημοψηφίσματος για την προσχώρηση της Δυτικής Θράκης στην Τουρκία αφήνοντας υπονοούμενα και για Θεσσαλονίκη, Κύπρο και νησιά του του Αιγαίου επικαλούμενος «ορισμένους ιστορικούς» σύμφωνα με τους οποίους αυτές οι περιοχές περιλαμβάνονται στα σύνορα του εθνικού συμβολαίου.

«Η Τουρκία δεν είναι μόνο η Τουρκία», ξεκίνησε την τοποθέτησή του ο Ερντογάν, ο οποίος με αφορμή την υπόθεση της Μουσούλης είπε πως η Τουρκία «εκτός από τα 79 εκατομμύρια των πολιτών της, φέρει ευθύνη και απέναντι στα εκατοντάδες εκατομμύρια αδέλφια μας στη γεωγραφική περιοχή με την οποία μας συνδέουν ιστορικοί και πολιτισμικοί δεσμοί».

«Είναι καθήκον, αλλά και δικαίωμα της Τουρκίας να ενδιαφέρεται για το Ιράκ, τη Συρία, τη Λιβύη, την Κριμαία, το Καραμπάχ, τη Βοσνία και τις άλλες αδελφές περιοχές. Η Τουρκία δεν είναι μόνο η Τουρκία», υποστήριξε ο Ερντογάν σε ομιλία του στη Ρίζε και πρόσθεσε: «Η στιγμή που θα παραιτηθούμε από αυτό, θα είναι η στιγμή που θα χάσουμε την ανεξαρτησία μας και το μέλλον μας».

Εξηγώντας το σκεπτικό του ο Ερντογάν είπε ότι το 1920 η τότε τουρκική Εθνοσυνέλευση έλαβε απόφαση περί του «εθνικού συμβολαίου», το οποίο περιλάμβανε τα σύνορα της Τουρκίας, και τόνισε ότι με βάση την απόφαση εκείνη τα σύνορα στις περιοχές του Οθωμανικού κράτους όπου υπήρχε αραβική πλειοψηφία κατά την υπογραφή της Συνθήκη του Μούδρου το 1918, θα έπρεπε να ορισθούν σύμφωνα με την εκφρασμένη μέσω δημοψηφίσματος βούληση των ίδιων των πληθυσμών.

Η απόφαση του 1920 ανέφερε επίσης, σύμφωνα πάντα με τον Ερντογάν, ότι το κριτήριο είναι η συγγένεια από πλευράς θρησκείας και γένους και ότι το νομικό καθεστώς και της Δυτικής Θράκης πρέπει να οριστεί ως αποτέλεσμα ελεύθερου δημοψηφίσματος στην περιοχή.

Ο Ερντογάν υποστήριξε επίσης ότι «ορισμένοι ιστορικοί θεωρούν πως τα σύνορα του εθνικού συμβολαίου περιλαμβάνουν επίσης την Κύπρο, το Χαλέπι, τη Μουσούλη, το Αρμπίλ, το Κιρκούκ, το Μπατούμ, τη Θεσσαλονίκη, το Κίρτζαλι, τη Βάρνα και τα νησιά του Αιγαίου».

Αθήνα σε Ερντογάν: Η Θράκη είναι ελληνική

Με ταχύτητα μεγαλύτερη από κάθε άλλη φορά στοπρόσφατο παρελθόν, το υπουργείο Εξωτερικών αντέδρασε στις δηλώσεις του προέδρου της Τουρκίας χαρακτηρίζοντας «αδιανόητες και επικίνδυνες» τις σκέψεις του κ. Ερντογάν.

«Η Θράκη είναι ελληνική» επισημαίνεται από το υπουργείο Εξωτερικών που κατηγορεί τον πρόεδρο της Τουρκίας ότι πονομεύει την περιφερειακή σταθερότητα.

Διαβάστε την ανακοίνωση του υπουργείου Εξωτερικών:

«Η δημόσια ανακίνηση ιστορικών και ειδικά συνοριακών ζητημάτων που η Συνθήκη της Λωζάννης έχει ρυθμίσει οριστικά και αμετάκλητα, διαμορφώνοντας αντικειμενικά δεδομένα δεσμευτικά για όλους, είναι προκλητική και υπονομεύει την περιφερειακή σταθερότητα.

Ο σεβασμός του Διεθνούς Δικαίου και των Διεθνών Συνθηκών επιβάλλει τη διατύπωση υπεύθυνων θέσεων μακριά από παρωχημένους αναθεωρητισμούς.

Η Θράκη είναι ελληνική, δημοκρατική και ευρωπαϊκή. Οποιαδήποτε άλλη σκέψη είναι αδιανόητη και επικίνδυνη».

Montenegro: Police Arrest 20 Serbian Nationals Suspected Of Planning “Armed Attacks”

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BELGRADE – Montenegrin police say they have arrested 20 people suspected of planning armed attacks after voting closes in parliamentary elections, RFE/RL reports.

National police director Slavko Stojanovic said on October 16 that those arrested late on October 15 came from neighboring Serbia.

Stojanovic said the group planned to “pick up automatic weapons” to attack state institutions, police, and possibly state officials.
He did not provide further details.

Voters in the tiny Balkan nation are voting on October 16 in parliamentary elections that are being billed as a choice between Russia and the West.

The long-ruling Democratic Party of Socialists is facing pro-Russian and pro-Serbian opposition groups that strongly oppose the country’s NATO bid and path toward joining the European Union.

Greqia paralajmëron Shqipërinë, Kotzias: Bisedime para hapjes së negociatave

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Diplomacia greke ka paralajmëruar Shqipërinë të tregohet më e kujdesshme lidhur me çështjen çame, pasi sipas ministrit të Jashtëm, Nikos Kotzias, Greqia është shumë herë më e fortë se Shqipëria, duke përmendur këtu dhe sistemet e mbrojtjes apo ato të sigurisë.

“Greqia ia kalon në të gjitha drejtimet. Ka dhjetëfishin e GDP-së, sisteme të shumëfishta mbrojtjeje dhe sigurie, shumëfish forcë ekonomike. Ata janë të varur sa i përket ekonomisë, remitancave të emigrantëve, investimeve, tregtisë. Kemi edhe përfaqësim asimetrik në arenën ndërkombëtare. Ndaj është mirë që të bashkëpunojnë, të bëhen realistë dhe të ndihmojnë në krijimin e marrëdhënieve të përfitimit të përbashkët. Të zgjidhim çështjet e hapura bazuar në të drejtën ndërkombëtare dhe traditën europiane”, ka thënë Kotzias.

Kotzias është ndalur dhe te qeverisja e Partisë Socialiste me Partinë Drejtësi, Integrim dhe Unitet.

“Fakti që ata qeverisin me partinë e çamëve i ka detyruar të adoptojnë pjesë së axhendës së kësaj partie, siç janë çështjet e çamëve që kryen krime lufte në Greqi, që janë dënuar njëherë e mirë nga gjykatat greke. ‘Çështja çame’ i intereson kësaj pjese të çamëve dhe jo 160 mijë apo më shumë çamëve shqiptarë, që s’kishin dhe s’kanë asnjë lidhje me Greqinë dhe krimet e asaj periudhe. Gabimi i dytë është se, pas vitit 2008, për shkak të krizës, dikush e nënvlerësoi Greqinë dhe mendoi se mund të bëjë lojëra në kurriz të saj”, deklaron më tej ministri i Jashtëm grek.

Kryediplomati grek ka pohuar gjithashtu se, në Shqipëri ka zëra realë që duan të imponojnë marrëdhënie të mira mes dy vendeve, por sërish, duke kujtuar forcën e Greqisë në rajon, Kotzias ka theksuar se ata janë përgjegjësit më të mëdhenj për të zgjidhur problemet, pa praninë e palëve të treta. Edhe në këtë rast, kreu i diplomacisë greke paralajmëron Shqipërinë.

“T’i zgjidhim problemet me vendet që aspirojnë të aderojnë në Europë, përpara se të fillojnë negociatat me Bashkimin Europian. Shpresoj ta kuptojnë se kjo është në interes të tyre”, ka thënë Kotzias.

Nikos Kotzias është ndalur dhe te deklarata e komisionerit Hahn, duke e akuzuar atë se ka publikuar pa asnjë autorizim katalogun e negocimeve, si dhe ka kërkuar të negociohet një çështje, që sipas Greqisë nuk ekziston.

Σκληρές απαντήσεις στις προκλήσεις

Σε μια περίοδο έντονων αναταράξεων, με την Τουρκία να «γκριζάρει» το Αιγαίο, την Αλβανία να προκαλεί και την ευρύτερη γειτονιά της Ανατολικής Μεσογείου να φλέγεται, ο υπουργός Εξωτερικών Νίκος Κοτζιάς μιλάει για όλα όσα μας «καίνε», στέλνοντας τα δικά του μηνύματα προς τους έξω αλλά και τους μέσα.

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«Πιστεύω ότι η Ελλάδα θα βγει κερδισμένη από τον περαιτέρω εκδημοκρατισμό της Τουρκίας και την πλήρη προσαρμογή της στο ευρωπαϊκό κεκτημένο» δηλώνει ο υπουργός Εξωτερικών.

Οι γκρίζες διεκδικήσεις της Αγκυρας στο Αιγαίο επέστρεψαν διά της πλαγίας οδού, μέσα από εσωτερικές τουρκικές πολιτικές έριδες. Πώς ερμηνεύετε την εν λόγω εξέλιξη;
H Τουρκία είναι μια «νευρική δύναμη». Εχει ορισμένα κοινά σημεία με τη Γερμανία του 19ου αιώνα: Γρήγορη ανάπτυξη, μεγέθυνση της οικονομίας της, σχετικά ισχυρή ηγεσία, πολλαπλές αντιθέσεις και αντιφάσεις. Μετά την ήττα των πραξικοπηματιών επανέρχονται στοιχεία εθνικισμού από πολλές πλευρές. Ομως, ό,τι γίνεται αντικείμενο διαπάλης στο εσωτερικό αποκτά και εξωτερική διάσταση και εντάσσεται σε έναν ιδιότυπο αναθεωρητισμό της τουρκικής πολιτικής σκηνής. Αυτή την έξαρση αναθεωρητισμού την αντιμετωπίζουμε με νηφαλιότητα, ηρεμία, αυτοπεποίθηση και με μια μακρόχρονη ματιά. Δεν την υποτιμάμε, αλλά ούτε και υπερτιμάμε. Με την Τουρκία όλα θέλουν το μέτρο τους.
Υπάρχει κίνδυνος το Αιγαίο να καταλήξει «έπαθλο» σε μια κούρσα εθνικής πλειοδοσίας Ισλαμιστών και Κεμαλιστών;
Το Αιγαίο δεν πρόκειται να γίνει «έπαθλο» κανενός. Τα δικαιώματα σε αυτό τα ορίζουν οι διεθνείς συμβάσεις και συμφωνίες, οι κανόνες του διεθνούς δικαίου, ιδιαίτερα εκείνου της θαλάσσης. Το Αιγαίο είναι μια θάλασσα ειρήνης και πρέπει να παραμείνει τέτοια. Αυτή είναι η φροντίδα μας. Η πολιτική της ειρήνης. Ομως, δεν θα επιτρέψουμε να κατανοηθεί εσφαλμένα ως πολιτική υποχωρήσεων ή κατευνασμού. Αποτρέπουμε με όλα τα μέσα κάθε αντίθετη επιδίωξη. Η κούρσα εθνικής πλειοδοσίας, πιο σωστά εθνικιστικής, από όπου και αν προέρχεται, πρέπει να τελειώνει.
Υπάρχει φόβος για θερμό επεισόδιο;
Στην περίοδο του Ερντογάν δεν υπήρξαν θερμά επεισόδια όπως στην εποχή των Κεμαλιστών. Παραμένει, όμως, η προσπάθεια κύκλων των τουρκικών ελίτ να θέτουν υπό αμφιβολία το διεθνές δίκαιο και τα δικαιώματα της Ελλάδας που απορρέουν από αυτό. Στόχος τους είναι να γκριζάρουν αυτά τα δίκαια και κατόπιν να τα θέσουν σε διαδικασία αμφισβήτησης κάτω από τη σκοπιά ενός ανιστόρητου αναθεωρητισμού. Τέτοιου είδους σχεδιασμοί δεν έχουν καμιά τύχη με εμάς.
Πώς μπορεί να θωρακιστεί η Ελλάδα απέναντι σε έναν νέο κύκλο τουρκικού αναθεωρητισμού;
Εχουμε εξαιρετική άμυνα και διπλωματία. Η Ελλάδα γνωρίζει τι θέλει και πώς μπορεί να αποτρέπει εκδηλώσεις κάθε είδους. Στηριζόμαστε στο διεθνές δίκαιο και στα ιστορικά μας δικαιώματα. Εξηγούμε στον διεθνή παράγοντα τη σημασία και τους κινδύνους ενός ανιστόρητου αναθεωρητισμού που φαίνεται να μην έχει καταλάβει ότι η όποια αμφισβήτηση των ελληνικών δικαίων αποτελεί ταυτόχρονα αμφισβήτηση των αντίστοιχων διεθνών και ευρωπαϊκών.
Η Τουρκία πρέπει να αντιληφθεί ότι η Ελλάδα είναι ο πιο σοβαρός και μετρημένος γείτονάς της. Εξάλλου, πιστεύω ότι η Ελλάδα θα βγει κερδισμένη από τον περαιτέρω εκδημοκρατισμό της Τουρκίας και την πλήρη προσαρμογή της στο ευρωπαϊκό κεκτημένο.
Θα μπορέσει ο Ερντογάν να εξασφαλίσει την άρση της βίζας που ζητά από την ΕΕ;
Κάθε συμφωνία για να υλοποιηθεί χρειάζεται τη θετική ενέργεια όλων όσων εμπλέκονται σε αυτήν. Σήμερα στην ΕΕ υπάρχουν κράτη που δεν ήταν «απόλυτα» πεπεισμένα για την αναγκαιότητα αυτής της συμφωνίας. Αλλα, πάλι, ήλπιζαν, να μη χρειαστεί να εφαρμόσουν τα συμφωνηθέντα. Δική μας θέση είναι ότι η συμφωνία ωφελεί και τις δύο πλευρές και πως πρέπει να κάνουμε ό,τι είναι δυνατό για την εφαρμογή της. Ταυτόχρονα φροντίζουμε να αυξάνει το πολιτικό κόστος για όποιον και από όποια πλευρά τυχόν υπονομεύσει την εφαρμογή της συμφωνίας.
Πώς κρίνετε την αναφορά του Επιτρόπου Γ. Χαν σε «τσάμικο ζήτημα»;
Ελλάδα και Αλβανία είναι σε διαπραγμάτευση σε ζητήματα που έχουν διαφορές και διαφωνίες. Το μέσο της διπλωματίας είναι η διαπραγμάτευση. Στο πλαίσιο αυτής της διαπραγμάτευσης η άλλη πλευρά ζήταγε να συζητηθεί και το ανύπαρκτο πρόβλημα που αναφέρετε. Κάτι τέτοιο δεν έγινε αποδεκτό.
Ο Επίτροπος Χαν, υπεύθυνος στην Ευρωπαϊκή Επιτροπή για τις διαδικασίες διεύρυνσης και επί των εκθέσεων για κάθε υποψήφια χώρα ξεχωριστά, έκανε στο ζήτημα που με ρωτάτε τρία λάθη. Το πρώτο, χωρίς να έχει καμία εξουσιοδότηση και ρόλο βγήκε και δημοσιοποίησε κατάλογο θεμάτων διαπραγμάτευσης. Το δεύτερο, χειρότερο από το πρώτο, είναι ότι συμπλήρωσε τον κατάλογο με ένα ανύπαρκτο θέμα. Το τρίτο είναι ότι με αυτό τον τρόπο κινδύνεψε να τινάξει στον αέρα τη διαπραγμάτευση. Θα είδατε το γράμμα μου που τα εκθέτω όλα αυτά στην ίδια την Επιτροπή και της καταγράφω τις πολλαπλές παραβιάσεις της αλήθειας, αλλά και των συνθηκών.
Δυστυχώς ορισμένοι από την αξιωματική αντιπολίτευση συνηθίζουν να υιοθετούν οτιδήποτε λέει ο οποιοσδήποτε αρκεί να στρέφεται σε βάρος της Ελλάδας και της εξωτερικής μας πολιτικής. Ελπίζω κάποια στιγμή να συνέλθουν.
Η αλβανική κυβέρνηση επιμένει στο θέμα των Τσάμηδων. Πώς κρίνετε την εν λόγω επιμονή;
Το γεγονός είναι ότι κυβερνούν με το κόμμα των Τσάμηδων και υιοθετούν μέρος της ατζέντας του. Ομως, πρώτον, το ζήτημα εκείνων των Τσάμηδων που έκαναν εγκλήματα πολέμου στην Ελλάδα έχει κριθεί από τα δικαστήρια οριστικά και αμετάκλητα. Το τσάμικο αφορά αυτούς και όχι τις 160.000 ή και παραπάνω των Αλβανών-τσάμηδων που ουδεμία σχέση είχαν και ούτε έχουν με την Ελλάδα και τα εγκλήματα εκείνης της εποχής. Το δεύτερο λάθος είναι ότι κάποιοι μετά το 2008 και εξαιτίας της κρίσης υποτιμούν την Ελλάδα και θεωρούν ότι μπορούν να κάνουν παιχνίδια σε βάρος της.
Μήπως αγνοούν τους πραγματικούς συσχετισμούς;
Τους συστήνω να κοιτάξουν τα μεγέθη των δύο κρατών: Η Ελλάδα υπερέχει σε όλους τους τομείς, όπως, δεκαπλάσιο ΑΕΠ, πολύπλευρα ισχυρότερα αμυντικά συστήματα και συστήματα ασφάλειας, πολλαπλά εντονότερη οικονομική εξάρτηση από πλευράς τους (συνάλλαγμα μεταναστών, επενδύσεις, εμπόριο), διαφορετική ήπια ισχύ, ασυμμετρία παρουσίας στο διεθνές και περιφερειακό σύστημα. Καλό είναι, λοιπόν, κάποιοι να γίνουν ρεαλιστές και να συμβάλουν σε σχέσεις αμοιβαίου οφέλους και στη διευθέτηση των ανοικτών θεμάτων στη βάση του ευρωπαϊκού και διεθνούς δικαίου και παράδοσης.
Αφήνει η αλβανική επιμονή περιθώρια διαπραγμάτευσης στην ελληνική πλευρά;
Υπάρχουν φωνές ρεαλισμού και συνεργασίας στην Αλβανία. Υπάρχουν τα αντικειμενικά συμφέροντα και στις δύο χώρες που απαιτούν καλές σχέσεις. Δεν πρόκειται να κάνω πίσω από την αρχή ότι η Ιστορία είναι σχολείο για την εξωτερική πολιτική, αλλά όχι φυλακή της. Γνωρίζετε ότι στα Βαλκάνια συχνά παράγεται περισσότερος ιστορικός λόγος απ' ό,τι μπορεί να καταναλώσει η περιοχή. Μια περιοχή που είμαστε με απόσταση οι ισχυρότεροι και κατά προέκταση έχουμε και τις μεγαλύτερες ευθύνες προκειμένου να λυθούν τα προβλήματά της χωρίς παρεμβάσεις τρίτων. Να λυθούν τα προβλήματα με τις χώρες που θέλουν να ενταχθούν στην ΕΕ πριν αρχίσουν οι ενταξιακές διαπραγματεύσεις τους. Ελπίζω να αντιλαμβάνονται ότι αυτό είναι προς το συμφέρον τους.
Εχετε δεχθεί κριτική για τη μέθοδο διαπραγμάτευσης που ακολουθείτε με την Αλβανία.
Κάποιοι συνήθισαν να έχουν το υπουργείο σουρωτήρι πληροφόρησής τους. Να μαθαίνουν το τι συμβαίνει ακόμα και πριν από τον υπουργό. Η περίοδος αυτή τέλειωσε. Ο,τι οφείλει να είναι δημόσιο γίνεται δημόσια. Ο,τι απαιτεί διαπραγματεύσεις και προφύλαξή τους θα προφυλάσσεται. Γίναμε ξανά μια χώρα με εξωτερική πολιτική που εκτιμάται και γίνεται σεβαστή. Μια εξωτερική πολιτική νηφάλια, σοβαρή, με πλειάδα πρωτοβουλιών. Μόνο στον τελευταίο χρόνο φτιάξαμε πέντε νέους περιφερειακούς και διεθνείς θεσμούς. Οι πρωτοβουλίες μας βρήκαν ανταπόκριση, και αυτό δείχνει το διεθνές κύρος που επανακτά η χώρα.
Η εξωτερική πολιτική, αυτό είναι το πιστεύω μου, δεν είναι για δημοσιοσχεσίτες. Είναι για υπεύθυνους, μετρημένους πατριώτες που φροντίζουν όσο καλύτερα μπορούν τα συμφέροντα της χώρας.
Υπάρχουν έξωθεν πιέσεις, άμεσες ή έμμεσες, προς την ελληνική πλευρά να κάνει πίσω σε θέματα σχετικά με την Αλβανία και τα Σκόπια;
Ουδείς μπορεί να πιέσει μια πολυδιάστατη εξωτερική πολιτική για να αλλάξει προσανατολισμούς και στόχους. Δεν είναι τυχαίο ότι σε κάποιες πρωτεύουσες μας ονοματίζουν «σκληρά καρύδια». Ακόμα και πριν μία εβδομάδα θέσαμε βέτο. Υπενθύμισα σε όλους ότι η ΕΕ πρέπει να διέπεται από τους κανόνες του δικαίου και ότι αυτό είναι που την ξεχωρίζει από άλλες περιφερειακές συνεργασίες και ενώσεις. Πέρσι, την προηγουμένη του πρώτου ταξιδιού μου τον Ιούνιο του 2015 στην ΠΓΔΜ, έκανα χρήση βέτο ως προς αυτήν τη χώρα. Φέτος έκανα χρήση βέτο τασσόμενος κατά των σε βάρος της κυρώσεων. Η πρακτική, λοιπόν, απαντά σε αυτό το ερώτημα.
Η περίοδος του ελληνικού «ναι σε όλα» έχει τελειώσει. Ζούμε στην περίοδο της ευθύνης, της σοβαρότητας και της νηφαλιότητας της εξωτερικής πολιτικής που φροντίζει τα συμφέροντα της Ελλάδας και όχι το μικροπολιτικό κουτσομπολιό.
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«Θέλουμε λύση του Κυπριακού στη βάση αρχών και αξιών»
Ως προς το Κυπριακό, συμμερίζεστε την αισιοδοξία για λύση μέσα στους επόμενους μήνες;
Η κυβέρνησή μας στηρίζει ομόφωνα τη λύση του Κυπριακού στη βάση αρχών και αξιών. Δεν υποστηρίζουμε οποιαδήποτε κατασκευή δήθεν λύσης. Αφετηρία είναι ο ακριβής προσδιορισμός του τι είναι το θεμέλιο στο κυπριακό πρόβλημα. Αυτό είναι η ξένη κατοχή στο όνομα ενός συστήματος εγγυήσεων. Αυτά τα δύο πρέπει να καταργήσει μια πραγματική λύση οριστικά και αμετάκλητα. Υποστηρίζουμε τις διαπραγματεύσεις της κυπριακής κυβέρνησης, χωρίς να παρεμβαίνουμε στις εσωτερικές πτυχές της διαπραγμάτευσης σεβόμενοι την κυριαρχία και ανεξαρτησία της Κύπρου. Ασφαλώς θα γίνουν ανάμεσα στις δύο πλευρές που σήμερα διαπραγματεύονται συμβιβασμοί. Αυτοί πρέπει να είναι καλοί και όχι σάπιοι. Μην ξεχνάμε ότι επιδίωξη είναι να θεραπευτούν τα αρνητικά αποτελέσματα μιας πολιτικής προδοσίας και μιας στρατιωτικής ήττας. Λευκωσία και Αθήνα επιμένουν στην ανάγκη αποχώρησης των τουρκικών κατοχικών δυνάμεων από την Κύπρο. Είναι το απαιτούμενο για να υπάρξει λύση. Κάθε άλλη πρακτική είναι μη λύση και διατήρηση του καθεστώτος που προέκυψε από παρανομίες. Το πόσο εφικτό είναι εξαρτάται από την επιμονή και υπομονή μας σε συνάρτηση από το αν αναζητιέται λύση που να δίνει ασφάλεια στους Κύπριους και σε όλη την Κύπρο ή γεωστρατηγικά πλεονεκτήματα στην Τουρκία. Για να ικανοποιηθούν οι ανάγκες των Κυπρίων σε ασφάλεια θα κάνουμε ό,τι μπορούμε. Προϋπόθεση σε αυτό είναι η αποχώρηση των κατοχικών στρατευμάτων και του συστήματος εγγυήσεων.
Μια σταδιακή αποχώρηση με ανοιχτή ημερομηνία ολοκλήρωσης θα ήταν αποδεκτή;
Οχι! Με κανέναν τρόπο. Από τη στιγμή που θα υπάρχουν συνιστώσες πολιτείες με ίδιας ποιότητας δικαιώματα, το πρόβλημα δεν μπορεί να παραπεμφθεί στο μέλλον. Ανοικτή ημερομηνία σημαίνει νομιμοποίηση και διαιώνιση της παρουσίας κατοχικών στρατευμάτων. Αμεση ομολογία μη λύσης του Κυπριακού. Μια τέτοια συμφωνία είναι αχρείαστη και επικίνδυνη.
Είναι εφικτό να ξεπεραστεί ο σκόπελος των εγγυήσεων μέσα από ένα νέο εναλλακτικό σύστημα ασφαλείας;
Κάποιοι στη θέση των «εγγυήσεων» ως προς όλο το νησί επιθυμούν τουρκικές «εγγυήσεις» αποκλειστικά για τους Τουρκοκύπριους. Αυτό θα σήμαινε de facto τη διχοτόμηση του νησιού και τη μετατροπή του κατεχόμενου μέρους σε προτεκτοράτο. Αλλά τότε προς τι όλη η προσπάθεια; Για να νομιμοποιηθεί η κατοχή; Κάποιοι άλλοι στη βάση της ίδιας «λογικής» θέλουν να δοθεί στη Τουρκία στρατιωτική βάση. Επιθυμούν, δηλαδή, τη νομιμοποίηση κατοχής τμήματος του νησιού, την εξυπηρέτηση των γεωστρατηγικών σχεδίων της Αγκυρας, τη συγκρότηση πηγής μελλοντικών προβλημάτων. Να είμαι σαφής, το προς λύση πρόβλημα είναι η ασφάλεια των Κυπρίων, όλων, όχι τα συμφέροντα τρίτης χώρας. Τρίτες χώρες όπως η Ελλάδα και η Τουρκία μπορούν να συμβάλουν μαζί με την Κύπρο στην ειρήνη στην περιοχή και στην αποτροπή έξωθεν κινδύνων σε βάρος της Κυπριακής Δημοκρατίας, όχι στη διχοτόμησή της.
Το υπουργείο Εξωτερικών έχει δεχθεί κριτική για τους «κύκλους» μέσω των οποίων απαντά στις προκλήσεις.
Οι απαντήσεις «κύκλων του υπουργείου Εξωτερικών» είναι μια διεθνής πρακτική, ιδιαίτερα στις ΗΠΑ. Δεν ανακαλύψαμε τον τροχό. Αλλωστε επί ΝΔ χρησιμοποιήθηκε αυτή η τακτική για θέματα που σχετίζονται με την ΠΓΔΜ και τις τουρκικές προκλήσεις. Φαίνεται ότι κάποιοι και κάποιες ή δεν έχουν καλή μνήμη ή δεν γνώριζαν όταν κυβερνούσαν τι έκανε «η δεξιά τους».
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Paraqitja skandaloze e Ramës në Beograd përçan Kosovën dhe Shqipërinë

GazetaExpress E shtune, 15 Tetor 2016

Vazhdon qërimi i hesapeve në mes të analisteve nga Kosova dhe atyre nga Shqipëria.

Paraqitja e kryeministrit të Shqipërisë, Edri Rama, në Beograd, është duke vazhduar të komentohet ende. Madje kjo paraqitje ka filluar të ngjallë përçarje edhe mes Kosovës dhe Shqipërisë. Derisa, opinionistet këndej e andej kufirit po vazhdojnë t’i qërojnë hesapet me polemika.
Analisti Halil Matoshi dhe Gazetari Blendi Fevziu afro një orë më parë kanë publikuar disa shkrime rrëth vizitës së Edi Rmës në Beograd.
Matoshi në profilin e tij në Facebook duke për një shkrim të botuar nga analisti Ilir Babaramo, të cilën edhe e ka quajtur sherr-budalla.
“Qe ni sherr-budalle nga Tirona: Kujtim Babaleshi alias Baabaramo
Kta tipa nuk jetojne ne boten tone qe po ndryshon perdite.  Kta e kane zbulu Kosoven me 1999. Se nuk e kane dit ku i bie?  Kta tipa edhe rrejne ashiqare edhe nuk kuqen hiq, kur permendin cicat e Ceces, tuj ua veshe kosovareve deshiren e madhe per turbofolkun: Kur ata turreshin vet mas muzikes se Ceces, qe "e kallte" Tironen dhe krejt Shqypnine! Dhe na thojshin: "Muzika s'njeh kufij"! Me vesh te mi e kam degju mija here e jam ofendu neper caffet dhe taxit e Tirons deh Durresit Ceca Velickovicin, qe nga vitet '90 e deri ne kulmin e luftes se Kosoves.  Madje mas lufte ne Kosove per me i brejt e grrye plaget e kosoavreve, per me i kafshue shpirtnat e tyne, te mija kosovareve qe humben njerezit e dashtun te shtepise ne masakrat serbe, "Celesi i Tirons" e jo i Prishtines iu dha nga duart e Edi Rames mikut te Arkanit, mbrojtesit et Sllobos dhe mik shpirti e shpie i fashistit Emir Kusturica, Goran Bregoviq...
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Jam deshmitar okular dhe kam deshmitar tjere se me gazeten Panorama te drejtueme nga Roland Qafoku ne vitet 2000 - 2006 asht shpernda n'tan Shqypnine CD-ja me kanget e Ceces! Dhe jam desgmitar i tortures me 1999 kur serbet - neve pengjeve te luftes - na rrihnin nen melodine e kanges se Ceces, "Nek puknu dusmani..." (Le te pelcasin anmqte...)”, ka shkruar Halil Matoshi në Facebook.
Kurse, Blendi Fevziu në një editorial të botuar në mediat e Shqipërisë me titullin “Kush i fryn perçarjes Shqipëri – Kosovë?” ka rënditur disa argumente se çfarë ka bërë Kosova për Shqipërinë dhe çfarë Shqipëria për Kosovën.
Ky është shkrimi i plotë i Fevziut:
Ministri i Jashtëm i Kosovës, Enver Hoxhaj , ka bërë dje një deklaratë e cila e vendosur ne kontekstin e zhvillimeve të këtyre dy ditëve ështe padyshim më e ashpra që Prishtina zyrtare ka bërë ndonjëhere. I pyetur nga një televizion i Shqiptarëve të Maqedonisë, Hoxhaj ka deklaruar: “Për sa i takon normalizimit të raporteve Kosovë-Serbi, vetëm Kosova është aktor politik dhe Shqipëria besoj historikisht e ka të qartë këtë proces dhe besoj që edhe në të ardhmen do ta kenë të qartë. Kosova është shtet i pavarur sikurse çdo shtet tjetër në rajon ndërsa Shqipëria nuk është një aktor global sikurse SHBA-ja apo BE-ja, prandaj ne në raport mes Kosovës dhe Serbisë natyrisht që kërkojmë mbështetje amerikane, dhe natyrisht që kërkojmë mbështetje evropiane meqë këta kanë edhe instrumente që të ushtrojnë ndikim. Ndërsa çdo bashkëpunim që mund ta ketë Shqipëria në rrafshin ekonomik është çështje bilaterale mes Shqipërisë dhe Serbisë” Nuk ka asnjë dyshim që deklarata e Hoxhajt ka ardhur si përgjigje ndaj takimeve të Kryeministrit Shqiptar në Beograd dhe deklaratave të tij atje. Por përtej të qenit një përgjigje ndaj tyre ajo është edhe një mesazh i qartë distancimi i Kosovës zyrtare nga Tirana. Një mesazh që ka shpërthyer këtë moment por që shkon përtej momentit dhe reflekton interesa konkrete të klasës politike të Prishtinës. Në fakt që Kosova është një shtet i pavarur dhe sovran këtë e dimë të gjithë. Që Kosova i merr vendimet në perputhje me prosperitetin dhe interesat e saj edhe kjo është fare e qartë. Dhe krejtësisht legjitime. Por ka dicka që nuk kuptohet në deklaratën e ministrit Hoxhaj dhe në rradhë të parë nuk kuptohet se nga buron gjithë ky mllef. E para Shqipëria është kujdesur për Kosovën dhe shqiptarët jashtë kufijve zyrtarë te saj në mënyrë të pandërprerë dhe të vazhdueshme që nga viti 1912 e në vijim. Në 25 vitet e fundit kjo kujdesje ka qenë tejet e strukturuar dhe e njëtrajtshme pavarësisht formacioneve politike që kanë qenë në pushtet në Tiranë.
Nuk ka nevojë të bëhet një paradë e tyre, por që nga takimi i parë i Presidentit Berisha me Presidentin Bush senior në Qershor 1992, ku Kosova ishte argumenti kryesor dhe më i rëndësishëm i takimit e deri tek ai i fundit po i Berishës me Bushin e ri në Tiranë në 2007, Kosova ka qenë kryefjala e diplomacisë shqiptare. Berisha i deklaroi Bush në Qershor 2007 se Shqiperia ka vetëm një kërkesë ndaj SHBA, pavarësinë e Kosovës. Pavarësi, që vetë Bush e deklaroi pak minuta më pas po në Tiranë. Në harkun kohor të 15 viteve cdo President dhe cdo Kryeministër i Shqipërisë e ka pasur Kosovën angazhimin më të rëndësishëm diplomatik. Mund të rendisja këtu një listë të gjatë të takimeve dhe deklaratave, por do ishte një listë shumë e gjatë. Nëse dikush është kurioz, mund t’ja vendos përpara me gjithë datat dhe deklaratat përkatëse. Por më mjafton të kujtoj që në 15 Janar 1999, Kryeministri Majko i deklaroi në Romë Kryeministrit italian D’Alema se nëse perëndimi nuk ndërhyn në Kosovë Shqipëria është e detyruar të hyjë në luftë me Jugosllavinë a athershme për të mbrojtur bashkëkombësit e saj. Pas vitit 2008, pas pavarësisë, njohja e Kosovës ka qenë po ashtu një ndër pikat më angazhuese te diplomacisë shqiptare. Kjo nuk ma qenë e sforcuar, por një dimension normal i saj. Në 10 nëntor 2014, gjatë vizitës së parë në Beograd të një Kryeministri shqiptar pas afro 70 vitesh, Rama doli përtej raporteve bilaterale dhe i kujtoi Vucic, në prani të mediave se Kosova është një realitet dhe se vetëm njohja e saj është zgjidhja për normalizimin e raporteve mes dy vendeve.
Mund t’i duash apo jo Berishën, Ramën, Metën, Majkon, Nanon, Meidanin, Topin, Meksin, Finon, Moisiun, Nishanin etj, por nuk mund te mos thuash që dedikimi dhe angazhimi i tyre ndaj Kosovës ka qenë konstant dhe i patjetërsueshëm. Dhe lehtësisht i dokumentueshëm. E dyta, në takimet e së enjtes në Beograd, por edhe në gjithë takimet e mëparshme, Shqipëria nuk ka pasur asnjë rol negociator dhe as ndonjë tentativë për t’u vendosur në një pozicion të tillë. Takimi ka qenë bilateral dhe me informacionet që unë kam nga gazetarët e Prishtinës, ka qenë rakorduar më parë edhe me drejtuesit e lartë të shtetit të Kosovës. Shqipëria nuk ka shkuar si negociatore, as si palë e tretë. S’ka asnjë detaj që ta vërtetojë këtë. Thjeshtë, gjatë një forumi, i pyetur nga Misha Glen, një ndër gazetarët dhe historianët më të njohur në botë, për Minierën e Trep[ës, Kryeministri i Shqipërisë është përgjigjur në mënyrën më normale dhe më korrekte te mundshme. Përkundrazi, anashkalimi i këtij problemi, do ta ngarkonte atë me përgjegjësi dhe do ta bënte shkelës të nenit 8 të kushtetutës së Republikës së Shqipërisë, i cili thotë: “Republika e Shqipërisë mbron të drejtat kombëtare te popullit shqiptar që jeton jashtë kufijve të saj” Për sa kohë që Shqipëria e ka vendosur këtë nen me unanimitet në kushtetutën e saj, cdo zyrtar i Republikës së Shqipërisë, duke nisur nga Presidenti dhe Kryeministri, janë të detyruar ta zbatojnë atë.
E kundërta do të ishte e patolerueshme dhe skandaloze. Dhe e fundit, nën kompleksin e sulmeve të Vetvendosjes dhe të opozitës, Qeveria e Kosovës po nguron të marrë vendime të rendësishme dhe jetike për të ardhmen e qytetarëve të saj. Po nën kompleksin e Vetvendosjes, klasa politike e Kosovës po tenton të elaborojë idenë e një identiteti të ri. Unë besoj se Shteti Shqiptar nuk ka asnjë të drejte dhe as nuk e manifeston, të paternalizmit mbi Republikën e Kosovës. Janë të dy shtete të pavarur, sovranë, që marrin vendime mbështetur vetëm mbi interesat e shtetasve të tyre. Por drejtuesit e Republikës së Kosovës, duhet ta dinë që ka dy shtete, shqiptare, por ka vetëm një komb shqiptar. Një komb që përfshin edhe qindra mijëra shqiptarë që jetojnë sot në Maqedoni, Mal të Zi, Presheve, Medvegjë e Bujanovc. Një komb, identiteti dhe historia e të cilit nuk nis as në 1989 dhe as në 2008, por disa mijëra vjet më parë. Tentativa për te krijuar dy kombe të ndryshme nuk është e dështuar, por tejet e rrezikshme. Dhe mbi të gjitha ajo s’ka të bëjë fare me shqiptarët e Kosovës dhe të Shqipërisë, por me elitat e korruptuara që e konsiderojnë shtetin e ri të Kosovës një principatë private të tyren dhe jo një Republikë të demokratike të shqiptarëve të Kosovës. Një republikë ku pushteti është i qytetarëve dhe shpreh vetëm vullnetin e tyre… Blendi Fevziu

Αλβανία: Αισθητός ο σεισμός και στην ελληνική μειονότητα

Ιδιαίτερα αισθητός έγινε ο χθεσινοβραδινός σεισμός και στις παραμεθόριες ελληνικές μειονοτικές περιοχές στη Ήπειρο.

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Συγκεκριμένα οι πολλαπλές σεισμικές δονήσεις έγιναν αισθητές στο Αργυρόκαστρο, στους Αγίους Σαράντα, το Δέλβινο, τη Χιμάρα όπως και στην ευρύτερη Νότια Αλβανία. Δεν προκάλεσαν όμως θύματα ή ζημιές.
Σε μερικές περιοχές διακόπηκε η ηλεκτροδότηση, ενώ στην περιοχή του Τεπελενίου δύο παλιά σπίτια γκρεμίστηκαν.
Σε πόλεις και χωριά οι κάτοικοι εγκατέλειψαν τις κατοικίες και ξημέρωσαν σε ανοιχτούς χώρους και στα αυτοκίνητα, και περιμένουν ανακοινώσεις για εκτόνωση της δραστηριότητας για να επιστρέψουν στην ομαλότητα.
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USS Mason Fired on Again Off Coast of Yemen: Officials

NBC News

Courtney Kube 

 

The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Mason was fired on again in international waters off the coast of Yemen, but the ship deployed countermeasures and the vessel was not struck, two U.S. officials said.
The incident occurred late Saturday or early Sunday local time. At least one missile was fired, the officials said.

"The Mason once again appears to have come under attack in the Red Sea, again from coastal defense cruise missiles fired from the coast of Yemen," Navy Admiral John Richardson, chief of naval operations, told reporters at an event in Baltimore Saturday.

The destroyer was targeted by missiles fired from rebel-controlled areas in Yemen twice earlier this week, prompting the U.S. military to launch cruise missiles that destroyed three radar sites in response.
After the earlier attempted missile attacks this week, a Defense Department official warned that those who fire on U.S. vessels do so at their peril.

Game of Thrones: The Clintons, Bushes Don't Want Trump to Come Out on Top

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Ekaterina Blinova 51269150 The Bushes and the Clintons, the two "political dynasties" expect that Hillary Clinton will maintain the established status quo, if elected, and do not want Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump to occupy the Oval Office, US-based journalist and editor-in-chief of News Junkie Post Gilbert Mercier told Sputnik. The US' 2016 presidential election resembles nothing so much as a reality show, Gilbert Mercier, a US-based French journalist, author and editor-in-chief of News Junkie Post, deems. However, to understand the underlying "forces" that drive today's election one should look back into the US' history. "Just like in the mafia crime families whose influence reached its apex between the 1920s and the late 1950s, to fade away in the late 1970s, the US rival political families are in many ways organized in clans with their own structure of don, capo, consigliere and hatchet men. The Rockefellers and Kennedys operated like this. Since the election of Reagan, the two dominating clans have been the Bushes and the Clintons," Mercier suggested in his interview with Sputnik. 

 

 Former U.S. President Bill Clinton (L) applauds his wife, Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton (R), as they appear with their daughter Chelsea (C) at Mrs. Clinton's caucus night rally in Des Moines, Iowa February 1, 2016 © REUTERS/ Brian Snyder Political Dynasties: Why Hillary Likely to Become Next US President No Matter What In his book "The Orwellian Empire" Mercier noted that the rise of George H.W. Bush — the founder of the Bush political dynasty — started in 1980 when he officially became Vice President to Ronald Reagan, the 40th President of the United States from 1981 to 1989. Previously, Bush served as director of the Central Intelligence Agency between 1976 and 1977. 

 

 "The Clinton dynasty came along in 1992," the author wrote. After inking the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and reversing the Glass-Steagall Act, which separated commercial banking from investment banking, Bill Clinton "became a favorite of Wall Street's investment banks, such as Goldman Sachs," he pointed out. Interestingly enough, in his recent interview with Sputnik Canada-based political analyst Oussama El-Mohtar suggested that there appear to be a number of "policy centers" in Washington. The clashes of interests between them, according to the scholar, could have been behind the US' inconsistent policy in Syria and the collapse of the US-Russian agreement. 

 

"That might have been the case, but the notion of 'centers of power' is getting more and more diffuse. It started with the election of Ronald Reagan in 1980 and has become increasingly monolithic," Mercier noted, commenting on the issue. "In the early 1990s, their [the Bushes and the Clintons'] interests sometimes still clashed, but very quickly, as Bill Clinton became in Bush Sr.'s eyes 'almost a son,' their interests started to coincide almost always in an implicit agreement to pass the baton of power from one clan to another every four or eight years," the journalist assumed. F-22 Raptor © AFP 2016/ USAF 

 

 

Clinton's Syrian No-Fly Zone Designed to Put US, Russia on Collision Course Mercier argues that the year 1980 was the beginning of the end of the US as a republic with a two-party system. "It is when the US became a full-fledged empire with two mafia-type dynasties taking turns in power," he suggested. "John Kerry was part of the Kennedy clan, and for this reason a bit of an outsider. Informed observers hoped that he would offer an alternative and challenge Hillary Clinton during the primary. He had the intelligence, the poise and the credentials to do so; however, he made the choice to join the Clinton clan instead," Mercier told Sputnik. Therefore, it is hardly surprising that George H.W. Bush, his daughter-in-law Laura Bush and his granddaughter Lauren Bush Lauren, signaled that they will most likely vote for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. "Former President George H.W. Bush said Monday that he will vote for Hillary Clinton in November, according to sources close to the 41st President — an extraordinary rebuke of his own party's nominee," CNN reported on September 21. 

 

For his part, Michael A. Cohen of The Boston Globe highlighted that "for a former Republican president, the father of a two-term Republican president, the son of a Republican senator, and Ronald Reagan's vice president, to vote for a Democratic candidate for president is extraordinary." Republican US presidential nominee Donald Trump and Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Hillary Clinton greet one another as they take the stage for their first debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, U.S. September 26, 2016. © REUTERS/ Jonathan Ernst In Contrast to Clinton, Trump Has No Appetite for War With Russia Remarkably, on October 12 The Hill reported that 12 former Republican officials who served top roles in President George W. Bush's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Department of Transportation (DOT) claimed that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump "is not qualified to hold the office."

 

 It looks as if the two powerful political clans do not want an "outsider" to come out on top. "The two leading political clans are not in conflict at all. In their power sharing agreement everybody gets a very nice share of the pie," Mercier explained, "It has worked well for the Bushes under Clintonite Obama, and of course 'Empress Hillary' would maintain the status quo." "This form of government is corrupt to its core, and this is why somebody like Trump appeals to anti-establishment voters. People are fed up. They do not precisely know what they want, but they are certain that the system is rigged and are ready to reject it," the journalist stressed. Gilbert Mercier is the author of The Orwellian Empire and the editor in chief of News Junkie Post.

Threatened the family of the martyr, Aristotle Goumas in Himara

The Golden Dawn attended the memorial service of Aristotelis Goumas in Himara   The Golden Dawn commemorated the National Martyr Aristotelis Goumas, Monday, August 12, 2013


Ilia Goumas: I do not have land to sell, they are our property. They killed the my son, and now they want to kill me with my other son.


Ilia Goumas, father of Aristotle Goumas, the boy who was killed in 2010 by a group of boys, Albanian, declared by Himara, during a protest in front Minicipality of Himara, that "being threatened by some Albanian people who want to build in the land of his ".


"Our properties, should use the natives, and not have extraneous reasons TJA sell to foreigners, I do not have land to sell and for this, I want to declare that although killed the boy, because he spoken greek, but this is our leanguage, we have not other, and now coming threaten to kill me, even they want to kill my other son "...


Aristotle Goumas, a himariot citizen with Greek nationality, killed on August 2010 by a group of Albanians, for the fact that why hi spoken the Greek. The dead of Aristotle Goumas, have brought the Albanian - Greek Relations in high tensions never has been, since 1997. 

Even Croatia and Slovenia millitary drill with NATO

Immediate Response 16 is a multinational, brigade-level command post exercise utilizing computer-assisted simulations and field training exercises spanning two countries, Croatia and Slovenia.

WHAT IS IMMEDIATE RESPONSE?

Immediate Response 16 is a multinational, brigade-level command post exercise utilizing computer-assisted simulations and field training exercises spanning two countries, Croatia and Slovenia.

The exercises and simulations are built upon a decisive action based scenario and are designed to enhance regional stability, strengthen allied and partner nation capacity, and improve interoperability among partner nations. The exercise will occur Sept. 9-23, 2016, and will include more than 1,900 Soldiers and security forces from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Hungary, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Slovenia, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Immediate Response 16 supports the goal of a "Strong Europe" in that militaries and security forces are trained and ready to combine forces to ensure unified security across allied and partner nations. Immediate Response is a preplanned exercise that has occurred annually for the past six years.

“We’re monitoring russian activities in your country"

Serbia is a strong, reliable, and stable partner, said James Appathurai, Deputy assistant to secretary-general of NATO for political affairs and security policy
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He talked to B92 about Serbia’s membership in NATO, as well as the Russian influence in our country.
Recently, Chairman of the NATO Military Committee Petr Pavel warned about a new conflict in the Balkans due to the influence of Russia and its President Vladimir Putin on Serbia and the Republic of Srpska, which Serbia understood as a threat.

Appathurai said that nothing that General Pavel had said warned of any conflicts in the region.

“It was just a mistranslation. We need to keep track of possible tensions in the region. We talked about the visit of your Prime Minister to NATO headquarters, and the first thing we want to hear is the security assessment of the situation here. We are interested in your relations with Croatia, the migrant crisis, and so on. We did not see any potential conflict here, and General Pavel never said anything along those lines,” Appathurai said.

When asked about his personal opinion on the situation in the region, he said that things – if we looked at the last 20 years – were generally moving in the right direction.

“I watched as Serbian and Albanian prime ministers talked with each other... Difficult issues are raised again, including Kosovo, but there’s a political dialogue and we are pleased with it. Serbia is approaching the European Union and this is a wonderful thing; reforms are good for Serbia, but we have seen fluctuations in the relations. As for the migrant crisis, Serbia definitely plays a constructive role,” Appathurai pointed out.

He noted that it was possible for Serbia to join the European Union without becoming a member of NATO.

“And vice versa. These things are not linked by default. The following steps will not be drastic, we want to build relationships step by step. We have continuity when it comes to good relations both with this government and the previous ones. We are working on practical things. We want to fund a variety of programs here and we want people to see that,” Appathurai said.

The consequences of the NATO aggression in 1999 seem to have been left to resolve themselves on their own. When asked how can NATO get closer to the people of Serbia, Appathurai noted that so far a lot of work had been done on mutual cooperation and trust.

“We all remember 1999... Your Foreign Minister has proposed some programs, and we hope to address them in more detail when your Prime Minister visits our headquarters in the US,” Appathurai briefly responded.

Has said that he is not worried by Russia's influence in the Balkans.

“Of course there is a Russian influence, but it’s not slowing down Serbia’s clear commitment to the EU. Of course, we are closely monitoring Russian activities here, and I believe they’re keeping an eye on ours. We want the countries in the region to make their own decisions – no matter which side they choose – and as long as they have independence, we’re completely fine with that,” Appathurai added.

Rama: Serbia must recognize Kosovo’s independence

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama again urged Serbia to recognize Kosovo as soon as possible and said that he supportes dialogue between Belgrade and Priština.
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Rama also said that Kosovo is an issue "on which we completely disagree, because my position is that the sooner Serbia recognizes Kosovo, the better it will be for everyone".
"However, at the same time, there is a process that I fully support, and that is the dialogue as a very important instrument that will serve as the basis of power in the future,” Rama said in the debate on Serbian-Albanian relations with Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić.

As for the dispute between Belgrade and Priština over Trepča, Rama said that Trepča was located on the territory of Kosovo and that it belonged to the people of Kosovo.

“You can’t possibly be thinking about moving it... People need to understand that the Trepča mine is on Kosovo territory and that it belongs to the people of Kosovo, regardless of whether they are Serbs or Albanians,” he said.

In addition, Rama said it was time that the countries in the region stop being held hostage by the past and modernize their societies.

At the opening of the Belgrade Security Forum, Rama said that the process of European integrations was a path of modernization of society that is more important even than membership in the EU itself as it helps to build institutions, rule of law, and a functioning democracy.

“People in this region may have different opinions on Washington, Brussels, or Moscow, but they must understand that there is no other mechanism that will allow us to once and for depart from the history that doesn’t do us any favors and finally modernize and start living in the modern age,” said Rama, who together with the Serbian prime minister launched the 6th Belgrade Security Forum.

Regarding the reform of the judicial reform in Albania, Rama said that something that had been unthinkable for the country had been done – carrying out constitutional reform and adopting a number of laws that radically broke with a bad history.

“And everyone is aware that it would not have been possible without the mechanism of European integrations,” Rama noted.

Donald Trump Apologizes to Serbia for Yugoslavia Bombing

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Trump called military intervention under Bill Clinton to stop genocide a "big mistake."

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has issued an apology for his country’s decision to bomb Serbia during Bill Clinton’s tenure at the White House.
U.S. and NATO allies launched aerial campaigns against the faltering Yugoslav regime, targeting ethnic Serb troops, in 1995 and 1999. The first attack was carried out in support of groups in Bosnia and Herzegovina, seeking independence from Belgrade, while the second was in support of similar forces in Kosovo.

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"The bombing of Serbs, who were our allies in both world wars, was a big mistake,” Trump told the Serbian weekly magazine Nedeljnik for an article published on its website Thursday. “Serbians are very good people. Unfortunately, the Clinton administration caused them a lot of harm, but also throughout the Balkans, which they made a mess out of."
The interview was conducted via email correspondence with a Trump campaign senior adviser, Suzanne Ryder Jaworowski, who is also campaign manager for the state of Indiana, Nedeljnik's managing editor, Marko Prelevic, told Newsweek.
Donald Trump during the first presidential debate, New York, September 26. He has spoken out against America's military action in Serbia under Bill Clinton's administration. Paul J. Richards/Getty
Bill Clinton, husband and supporter of Trump’s rival in the presidential race, Hillary Clinton, was the U.S. president throughout the violent collapse of Yugoslavia, which saw ethnic Serb militias engage in ethnic cleansing against predominantly Muslim groups in the former Yugoslavia. The bombings caused hundreds of civilian casualties but also stopped the advance of Serb troops.
Trump did not specify how he would have handled the situation differently, but vowed to have “a new policy with the Balkans” if he wins the election.
The NATO bombings are still a controversial issue in Serbia, which has been transformed since the collapse of the Communist Yugoslav Federation into an EU candidate country.
Eric Gordy, professor in Southeast European Politics at University College London, told Newsweek Trump’s words echo the tactic used by the Russian government to cultivate support among Serbs.
“The most obvious interpretation of his statement is that it is another sign of alignment with Russia,” he says. “To be honest, this kind of statement is usually more a symbolic attempt for Russian politicians to drum up resentment towards the U.S.,” Gordy explains.
“I expect this is probably just rhetoric by Trump as U.S. policy in the Balkans has been pretty consistently supportive of Serbia since they waged the aerial campaign in the 1990s,” Gordy adds. “Otherwise it is hard to imagine that the U.S. could be more pro-Serbia at the moment.”
The bombings are a strong factor keeping Serbia officially neutral from military alliances, be it with NATO or Russia, when all of its neighbors, with the exception of Bosnia, are either in NATO or applying for membership. Russia has sought to cultivate stronger military and political ties with Serbia as a result, and it is currently sending troops on their first military drill on the Balkans, in Serbia.
Politically, the Kremlin has often tried to play up the religious bond between the two Orthodox countries, as well as their role in fighting Nazism in World War II. When U.S. Vice President Joe Biden visited Serbia earlier this year he was met by hundreds of protesters chanting “Vote for Trump.” The protest was organized by one of Serbia’s biggest pro-Russian powers, the nationalist Radical Party.
Gordy continues: “This is rhetoric consistent with both the Russian line on Serbia and the U.S. far-right who view the Yugoslav conflict in terms of a battle between Christianity and Islam. They look at Bosnia and Kosovo and argue that this is when Islamists got their first foot in Europe.
“Another aspect, if you look at the states that Trump would like to contest in the election, such as Ohio and Pennsylvania, they are states with the biggest concentration of voters that trace their roots back to the Balkans, so his statement could have something to do with that,” he concludes.