Briefing of diplomatic correspondents by Foreign Ministry spokesman Gregory Delavekouras S. RISTOVSKA: Mr. Spokesman, Mr. Vassilakis will be meeting with Mr. Nimetz in Thessaloniki next week. What does Greece expect from this meeting? Whether you are optimistic that we might see some development on the name issue, or whether you expect some proposal. Thank you. G. DELAVEKOURAS: As you […]

Recent days have seen a re-emergence of the issue of a Greek withdrawal from the Interim Accord. In fact, the ‘failure’ of the Karamanlis and Papandreou governments to withdraw from the Interim Accord with FYROM has been called “criminal neglect of national interest”. This view was expressed in November of 2008, seven months after NATO’s Bucharest summit and following the […]

The Greek foreign ministry spokesman, Gregoris Delavekouras (ANA-MPA) — A Greek foreign ministry spokesman on Wednesday pointed directly at the lack of constructive dialogue by the leadership of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (fYRoM) to solve the nagging “name issue”, noting characteristically that fYRoM Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki, amongst others, at “every opportunity attacks Greece in a provocative way and […]

Ενημέρωση των διπλωματικών συντακτών από τον Εκπρόσωπο του Υπουργείου Εξωτερικών κ. Γρηγόρη Δελαβέκουρα (Αθήνα, 12 Νοεμβρίου 2009) Κα Κ. ΦΡΥΣΣΑ: Θα ήθελα ένα σχόλιό σας για τις πρόσφατες δηλώσεις του Σκοπιανού Προέδρου, του κ. Ιβανόφ σχετικά με το θέμα της ονομασίας και τις ψυχροπολεμικές σχέσεις της με την Ελλάδα. κ. Γ. ΔΕΛΑΒΕΚΟΥΡΑΣ: Πριν πω για τον κ. Ιβανόφ θα ήθελα […]