With an extensive message from the cell where he is being held, the former President of Albania, Ilir Meta, accuses the rama Government of full opacity and violation of constitutional procedures regarding the delimitation of maritime zones with greece. as He Argues, the issue of the sea is "national interest" which is currently being addressed away from institutions and public control.
Meta emphasizes that the agreements reached in 2018 negotiations where, according to him, Albania secured recognition of the straight baseline and about 40 km² of marine space, are at risk of being lost if the case is sent entirely to International Court of Justice in The Hague.
In his text he also refers to the company “Omnia Strategy” της Cherie Blair wife of former British prime Minister Tony blair, who, she says, was paid 3 million euros to draft a legal assessment that explicitly warns that Albania "risks losing the straight baseline" in case of an appeal to The Hague. The former President requests that the full report will be published immediately so that all institutions are informed of its content.
According to Meta, the rama – Dendia Agreement of 2020, for referring "the entire case" to the international court, cancels the conquests of 2018 and endangers positions that had been accepted by the Greek side at the time. It also invokes the risk of albanian baseline rejected, referring to the precedent of the Somalia-Kenya case.
The former President claims that the Country's prime minister, Edi Rama, acted outside constitutional powers, bypassing the envisaged mechanism for the establishment and operation of a negotiating team. He adds that the government spread disinformation to Athens, presenting himself as responsible for alleged delays.
As he notes, the visit of the Albanian Foreign Minister to the Greek capital on December 16 makes it imperative to full institutional information on the stage of the talks and the existing material, including any drafts of a special agreement from both the Greek and Albanian Foreign Ministries.
Meta calls you full transparency and reinstatement of the institutional process, even requesting immediate consultation with the 2018 negotiators And former members of the constitutional Court, So that "not to lose any national position" in view of critical developments.
