Dec 14, 2023. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
By Kreshnik
Spahiu (former founder and leader of the nationalist Red and
Black Alliance party)
The war
between Greece and Albania is not about Fredi Beleri's 5 thousand leksh.
The EU's fight against the Athens veto is not against the 5,000 Leksh votes
that Beleri bought.
Chancellor Scholz, President Macron are not declaring against Greece every day because they are worried about the 5 thousand Lek in Beler's pocket.
This whole clash doesn't happen for Beleri but for Himara.
Athens' problem or Greece's obstacle is not Edi Rama but the West.
25 years ago, Greece for the same reason isolated Albania in the stages of the
Stabilization and Association Agreement in the EU for the same reason.
4 Greek minorities were arrested by Albanian justice, but in those years Greece
had the USA and the EU on its side.
The years 1995-1997 were a fierce battle which was crowned with the opening of
weapons warehouses and the violent overthrow of the Berisha government, which
rejected Washington's demands for the release of 4 Greek minorities who were
accused of murdering the Peshkipi massacre.
The question is asked: Why today Washington and Brussels are not on the side of
Greece but are open to Albania?
The essence of the conflict is not Greece's demand for the liberation of Beler
but for the Hellenization of Himara.
The intelligence services have informed the Albanian government and the
Euro-Atlantic partners that Athens has a Hellenization project through the
acquisition of the municipality of Himarë and requests for an association of
Greek municipalities by joining Dropulli and Finiq.
America and Europe cannot allow Zajednica 2 in the Balkans.
The West has shown not only signs of fatigue but also nervousness with the
north of Kosovo, a conflict created by Serbian nationalists that has been
consuming a lot of time, energy, finance, human and military resources for
years.
A Himara controlled by Athens would be a time mine for stability in the region.
Fredi Beleri fell into the net of justice, but the conflict is not 5 thousand
Leksh but 5 thousand problems and 5 thousand ethnic Hellenic nationalist claims
that Athens would create in the south of Albania.
Edi Rama is not the enemy of Greece because he also appointed a Greek as the
head of the Municipality.
Edi Rama is not the obstacle of Athens because he has greatly favored Fredi
Beleri.
Do you know that Rama is treating Beler better than the Albanian mayors of the
municipalities he dismissed?
Why doesn't he assemble the government and fire Beler:
- just like Shukri fired Xheli in Dibër?
- just like Valdrin fired Pjetrin in Shkodër?
- Same as Lefter Allan in Bulqiza?
- just like Safet Gjicin in Shkodër?
And finally: Why do Prime Minister Rama and President Begaj not announce early
elections in Himare but wait for the final decision from the court?
Why were the Albanian mayors not presumed innocent until convicted by the
court?
For all these reasons, Greece must understand that Edi Rama is not Beler's
prosecutor but his lawyer. Rama is petting the Beleri case a little too
much by not announcing early elections.
Athens is nervous not because Rama imprisoned Beleri, but because the US and
the EU have become Albania's advocates in this debate.
The answer is simple: America and Europe want peace and stability.
The West cannot allow Russian and Chinese services to penetrate the Albanian
Riviera with investments in the tourism industry, as happened years ago in
Greece, Montenegro, Serbia or Macedonia.
They are clear that Beleri did not win with 10 plus votes from the votes of the
Greek minority, but from the votes that Berisha-Meta combined with Athens.
For these reasons, Washington and Brussels want a Himara that is controlled by
the government and Albania, but not a Himara "occupied" by Berisha
and Greece.
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