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Despite numerous financial scandals and economic difficulties facing Karamanlis' Government, Athens spent yesterdays and today's Parliament session dedicated to Macedonia.
All Ministers in the Greek Government were in agreement that Greece
must send a stern response to "Skopje's provocations" on raising the
issue for the rights and land of Aegean Macedonians.
Greek PM's Cabinet has received suggestions that besides its threats
for blocking Macedonia's EU and NATO path, should also threaten with an
embargo.
Karamanlis with his closest associates discussed the possibilities
of implications regarding Greece's international image if Greek radical
groups were to disrupt the Macedonian Ilinden Celebrations in the Lerin
region.
On Macedonia's request to return Greek citizenships, land and
properties of forced out Macedonians from Greece, the Greek Government
will send an official complaint to UN's General Secretary, as well as
NATO and EU.
In response to the Greek Government, who still stands by its
description as a pure homogenous state with no minorities, Macedonian
Government Officials say "Athens doesn't have a choice to refuse or
accept the topic of the Macedonian minority in Greece".
According to high Government Officials in Skopje, Greece must
respect International Law and the Human Rights Conventions it had
signed. The statements Greece puts forward of a non-existent Macedonian
minority is ridiculous, in a situation when the European Himan Rights
Court, European Council and other International Organizations treat the
Macedonains in Greece as a national, and ethnic minority. There
is information coming out of Athens that Greek Experts are analyzing UN
resolutions brought about during and after the Greek Civil War. We also
find that Macedonia in conjunction with the Turkish Government is
researching the Turkish State Archives. The Turkish Government
has granted complete access of their massive Archives to several
Macedonian experts and historians who are looking at all documents tied
to the Macedonians who lived and presently live in northern Greece.
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