Greece hardens its position about FYROM

Δεν άρεσαν στους Σκοπιανούς οι ξεκάθαρες και σοβαρές θέσεις του υφυπουργού Εξωτερικών Δημήτρη Δρούτσα, ο οποίος δήλωσε ότι "Η Μακεδονική ταυτότητα είναι μέρος της ταυτότητας κάθε Έλληνα και αυτό δεν το διαπραγματευόμαστε!"

Dnevnik, FYR Macedonia: Greece hardens its position
15 December 2009 10:17 FOCUS News Agency

Skopje. Macedonian identity is part of the identity of every single Greek citizen and we will not negotiate on that, Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas said, Macedonian Dnevnik daily writes on Tuesday.
The newspaper points out that...

official Athens insists on negotiations only on the name and thinks that it is a mistake to add issues connected only to the language and identity in the negotiations as the Macedonian identity belongs to every single Greek citizen.
Greece will require amendments to the Constitution of FYROMacedonia so as to realize the formula for a common name for international use. This is the position expressed by Droutsas, who as if covered the Greek red line with concrete.
UN mediator Matthew Nimetz shouldn’t have added the rest of the issues in this proposal in 2005 but the worse thing was that the previous Greek government of PM Kostas Karamanlis agreed to discuss them, Droutsas remarked.

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