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In the harsh criticism received by the President of Albania, Ilir Meta and the opposition regarding the decision of Greece to proceed with the expansion of territorial waters until 12 noon. In Ionian, the country’s prime minister responded Monday in a series of tweets.
Rama accused his political opponents of throwing “nationalist popular mud”, and stressed that Greece has the right to expand, while any dispute will be resolved at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, as agreed between the two countries.
In fact, the Albanian Prime Minister underlines that Greece is exercising its right, as Albania had done in 1990, and our country does not pose any problem.
Responding to the objections of the Albanian opposition, Rama says secret deals cannot be made in 21st century Europe, as his political opponents accuse him of.
The presidential decree of Greece
On Sunday the Presidential Decree on the closure of the bays and the construction of straight baselines in the Ionian Sea and the Ionian Islands to Cape Tainaro in the Peloponnese came into force with the publication in the Official Gazette, an act that brings a further step to Completion of the process of expanding the coastal zone to 12 nautical miles in the Ionian.
According to a relevant announcement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Presidential Decree was issued in application of the law of ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 1982.
“It is a necessary step for the process of expanding the country’s coastal zone into the aforementioned area, an action that is, according to the Convention, an inalienable right of the country.”
“The Presidential Decree establishes that Greece reserves the right to exercise their respective rights in other parts of its territory, as they are derived from the Convention on the Law of the Sea, which reflects customary international law,” said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. .
“Greece, strictly committed to defending international law, including the law of the sea, always acts in accordance with international law,” the statement concluded.
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