Feb 1, 2024. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
Skopje.
It is extremely hard for Greece to accept that five years was not enough
time to replace people's passports, Greek diplomatic sources commented on the
issuance of new travel documents in North Macedonia bearing the new name of the
country and added that Skopje had not contacted Athens to ask for any deadline
extensions, MIA's Athens correspondent reports.
The Greek government sources stressed that Feb. 12 had been set as the final deadline for issuing the new travel documents and car registration plates five years ago. Official Athens, they said, expected full implementation.
Asked by MIA's Athens correspondent
whether North Macedonia had sought an extension of that deadline, they said no.
Regarding the three memorandums with
North Macedonia still unratified by the Greek Parliament, the sources said the
memorandums, too, were related to the Prespa Agreement and its implementation,
so the Greek Government was yet to decide when to submit them to Parliament for
ratification.
The sources reiterated that Athens
was insistent on remaining in strict compliance with the Prespa Agreement,
MIA's Athens correspondent writes.
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