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Edi Rama cut off any discussion on the issue of extending territorial waters with Greece to 12 miles, intervening in the “civil war” that broke out on this issue in recent days in his country, after the backstage δά of Turkey.
“The negotiations have been suspended”
Albania’s prime minister, Edi Rama, responding to those who accuse him of having entered into a secret agreement with Greece on the EEZ, said the day before yesterday from Avlona that “there is no agreement with Greece and there cannot be without the approval of the president.” .
According to himara.gr, when asked about the statements of the President of Albania Ilir Meta on this issue, Rama said that “I am convinced that the president knows very well that he is wasting it, because if there was an agreement, the president definitely will do. he knew it “.
“There can be no agreement without the approval of the president.” I will repeat it once again for those who want to listen and for those who fall into the clutches of those who make politics “to catch something” that there is no agreement, “said Rama. 
The Albanian Prime Minister stated that “negotiations with Greece have been interrupted by the change of government in Greece.”
“The negotiations ended without any conclusion and with the new Greek government, which is not as new as it was for a long time, we have not resumed the negotiations. This means that we have absolutely no agreements at this time.
“Nothing to do with Albania”
The confusion through a statement by the Greek prime minister in the Greek parliament has nothing to do with Albania, but rather has to do with the concept of the right to extend 12 miles, where the territory allows. “In the region between us and Greece this is not possible,” Rama said.
He added that “it is really a funny story and at the same time embarrassing for those who feed it.”
“There is no way to reach an agreement when there are no documents, no signatures, stamps, paperwork. The agreement goes from the negotiating team to the government, from the government to the president, the president said he would take it to the Constitutional Court and then vote in parliament. It’s not possible. “Anyone who eats this bait is a complete corpse,” Rama concluded.
When analyzing, on the same website, the different statements of Albanian officials in recent days on this issue, Nikolaos Papaelias points out that “only a few days have passed since Mitsotakis’s statements on the expansion of the coastal zone in the Ionian to 12 miles and from Dendia’s statements about a possible SEZ agreement between Greece and Albania and from the Albanian side were followed by four statements with different content.
The barrage of statements
The first from the Albanian Minister of Foreign Affairs, who welcomed the statement, the second from Prime Minister Rama, who clarified that it is the right of every serious State to exercise its sovereign rights and this measure falls into this category.
However, he added that talks on defining an EEZ with Greece have been suspended since there was a changing of the guard in Greece. The third statement came from Albanian President Ilir Meta, who focused on establishing an EEZ with Greece, where he expressed concern about “injustices” against his country, and the fourth statement from Albanian Deputy Prime Minister Brace in the same vein. with Meta emphasizing that Greece cannot expand its territorial waters to its maritime border with Albania.
Albanian President Ilir Meta (Reuters)
Here we remind you that Albania has expanded its territorial waters to 12 nautical miles since 1990 and even without informing any of its neighbors (Greece, Italy, Montenegro). Logically we ask ourselves … Why this different perspective of each institution? To be more precise, why are the later statements unfavorable and different from the first? What happened suddenly and changed the line of the Albanian government on this issue? Clearly there is an answer. And the answer comes from the East …
“Turkey was upset”
“Turkey got upset and took action. Another agreement between Greece and Albania this time would greatly complicate Turkey’s geopolitical position on the international chessboard. As in 2009, when in fact it was the one that annulled the agreement between the Greek and Albanian maritime zones. , so now it has begun to put obstacles and does not let us lie, it will greatly affect the conclusion of a future agreement between the two countries.
“With various tricks and accusations and using illegal means and eastern pacts, he will try to approach the otherwise corrupt Albanian political system so that it does not sign. Therefore, let us not get carried away by the enthusiasm of the agreements with Italy and Egypt.
“Albania is another phase, or to put it more clearly, it is the eye and ear of Turkey in the Balkans. Any attempt by Albania to join the European family will always be rejected by the wall that Turkey has erected in front of it.
“There’s another way”
And this wall is economic, military, religious, ideological and comes from the 500 years of Ottoman occupation. After all, Rama himself has stated in an unsuspecting moment, when Europe temporarily closed its door, there is another way, of course, namely Turkey.
“I want to believe that healthy Albanian intellectuals (there are many in Albania) will one day be able to reverse Albania’s unfavorable ‘dependence’ on Turkey in the near future. “Otherwise things will be difficult.”
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