Greece for another once warned North Macedonia that non-compliance with the name agreement between the two countries will jeopardize the Balkan country's path to membership in the European Union, reports the newspaper "Katimerini", quoted by BTA.
During a press conference on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Washington, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis responded to the concerns of Greek journalists regarding the behavior of the Prime Minister of North Macedonia and other senior officials. These officials avoid using the country's constitutional name, referring to it simply as "Macedonia”, in violation of the 2018 Prespa Agreement.
"Agreements must be respected, this is something I emphasized yesterday at the NATO plenary. I believe all our allies understand this. We want North Macedonia to take steps towards European integration, but this requires compliance with international law and the agreements that the country has signed. I believe that one way or another the leadership of Skopje will understand this”, said Mitsotakis.
"In any case, Greece will not disclose at this time the diplomatic weapons at its disposal to meet any potential insistence by the leadership of the neighboring country on this tactic,”, he added.