Samaras-Papademos' letters and Gruevski's tart remarks

Nicola Gruevski is pushing things to the limit and presents an angry face as the Greek side shows him a hard one.

After Samaras’ refusal to meet him and Papademos’ letter, in which the latter asked Gruevski to work closely with Greece in order to find a commonly accepted solution regarding the name issue, based on the “erga omnes” principle, the FYROM premier began to push things…

During a Skopje press conference, he called the Greek officials’ stance “extreme”! “This is the most extreme stance Greece has taken in the past years, explicitly showing they do not wish for a close cooperation with us on the name issue. They are avoiding meetings on every possible level”, said Gruevski.

Initially, the FYROM premier had sent a letter to the Greek premier asking for his full consent so that his country could begin EU accession negotiations, and then had sent one more to ND president, Antonis Samaras, asking for a meeting with him.

Gruevski added that he is very concerned about Greece’s stance and that the latter chose to play the so-called “blame game”, trying to show that they are doing their best but FYROM is not cooperating with them. Continuing, he said that the present Greek leadership does not care about the name issue.

Gruevski made no comment regarding his country’s possible accession to NATO in Chicago in May, only saying that he expects to see how the Alliance will respond to Greece’s opposition concerning the matter.

Lastly, Gruevski said that, “even after the High Court’s ruling, Greece continues to be negative when it comes to resolving the name issue”.