Athens responds to Edi Rama: No progress on delimiting an EEZ with Albania, says the Foreign Ministry

Athens is intelligibly distancing itself from statements by Edi Rama about allegedly precocious discussions connected the delimitation of an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) with Greece, efficaciously denying claims of an imminent statement connected a associated submission to the International Court of Justice.

A elder diplomatic root emphasized that though the contented has agelong been connected the docket betwixt the 2 countries, the process was “frozen” erstwhile the substance of the associated submission was referred to Constitutional Court of Albania, wherever it was efficaciously nullified.

Greek Foreign Ministry officials enactment that portion discussions connected delimitation day backmost years, the contented was referred to Albania’s Constitutional Court and lapsed there. Therefore, it is present up to the Albanian broadside to instrumentality the indispensable steps to reverse that tribunal decision.

According to the aforesaid source, EEZ delimitation with Albania is nary longer among the contiguous priorities of Greek diplomacy, peculiarly pursuing agreements already reached with different countries successful the region, specified arsenic Italy, arsenic good arsenic Greece’s hold of its territorial waters successful the Ionian Sea.

Athens’ strategy does absorption connected the wide colony of bilateral issues, but nary 1 is presently confirming that the advancement suggested by the Albanian broadside volition materialize wrong 2026.

Greek officials besides accent that determination is nary draught statement covering bilateral issues and pending matters betwixt Greece and Albania, contrary to what Rama stated successful his interrogation astatine the Delphi Forum.

At the aforesaid time, Athens responds calmly but intelligibly to escalating rhetoric from Turkey, stressing that Greek strategy is present much structured and proactive than successful the past. The aforesaid diplomatic root noted that Greece has consistently presented its positions connected the planetary stage, utilizing tools and initiatives that fortify its ineligible and governmental arguments.

In this context, Maritime Spatial Planning is being promoted arsenic a effect to Turkey’s “Blue Homeland” doctrine, portion the instauration of marine parks is portion of a broader strategy to asseverate sovereign rights against references to “grey zones.”

At the aforesaid time, deeper practice with large vigor companies specified arsenic Chevron, on with accrued engagement with Libya (including an expected sojourn by Foreign Minister Giorgos Gerapetritis to Tripoli connected April 27), is seen arsenic a applicable effect to the Turkey–Libya memorandum, which Athens continues to respect arsenic legally invalid.

Meanwhile, strengthening the subject beingness connected the Aegean islands is described arsenic a self-evident workout of sovereignty, successful effect to longstanding Turkish claims regarding demilitarization—claims that Greece firmly rejects.

Regarding the caller hostility implicit sportfishing maps, Greek sources enactment that the worldly has existed since 2018 and resurfaced owed to a method work by a competent authority. They adhd that Turkey’s absorption fits its acquainted signifier of utilizing immoderate accidental to beforehand its claims.

As for Turkey’s objections to Greek-Israeli cooperation, Athens stresses that its overseas argumentation does not necessitate support from 3rd countries. The aforesaid root noted, however, that tensions person precocious escalated connected the Turkish broadside successful a mode that is not constructive, portion Greece volition proceed to enactment toward peace, security, and prosperity successful the wider region.