Albania: Bulgaria holds two NATO countries captive
Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama stepped up rhetoric against Bulgaria ahead of today’s EU-Western Balkans summit.
Until the last heads of state of Northern Macedonia, Albania and Serbia have not confirmed whether there will be a Macedonian battle and the consideration of the meeting win the Bulgarian veto on Macedonia. Hours before the meeting, however, it became clear that you will be present, as the Albanian Prime Minister left an angry post on Twitter over the Bulgarian position:
It is a new day in Europe, but not in Bulgaria! What a disgrace for Europe this Bulgarian affair! In the middle of a very hot war in the backyard of Europe, a NATO country kidnaps two other NATO countries under the supervision of 26 EU countries, who are sitting motionless in a terrible demonstration of impotence!
– Eddie Rama (@ediramaal) June 23, 2022
“A new day in Europe, but not in Bulgaria! What a disgrace for Europe is this Bulgarian affair! During a very hot war in Europe’s backyard, a member state is defending two other NATO countries before the eyes of 26 EU countries sitting motionless in a terrifying demonstration of impotence! “
He is expected to speak sharply against our country, to contact this country.
We will attend the meeting of the Council of the EU. There will not be much to hear about us, but we will ask to be heard about the idea of a New European Political Community that we support, the Open Balkans that carries the spirit of Europe and our abduction from Bulgaria that destroys it.
– Eddie Rama (@ediramaal) June 22, 2022
“We will attend the meeting of the EU Council. Not much will be heard about us, but we will seek to be heard about the idea of a new European political community that we support, the “Open Balkans” that develop the spirit in Europe, and about us abduction from Bulgaria that destroys it, “Rama wrote. on Twitter on the day when the meeting of the foreign veto commission in Bulgaria failed and the parliament overturned Kiril Petkov’s government with a vote of no confidence.
Right now I heard that something is moving in Bulgaria today. It is too early to be optimistic and too little to change the part of tomorrow’s speech in which Bulgaria is criticized as a country that has kidnapped two NATO countries while there is a hot war on the European border!
– Eddie Rama (@ediramaal) June 22, 2022
“I just heard that something is moving in Bulgaria today. It is too early to be optimistic and too little to change the part of tomorrow’s speech in which Bulgaria is criticized as a country that kidnapped two NATO countries while on the border. Europe is in a hot war! “, commented Eddie Rama.
So far, the negotiation process between Northern Macedonia and Albania has been going on in parallel, so Albania has also suffered from the Bulgarian veto.
A few days ago, Rama announced that if it is not lifted, it will seek to separate Albania from northern Macedonia in the process.
Today at the meeting the resigned Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov will present the unchanged position on our website. Petkov failed to gather a parliamentary majority, nor enough support from his coalition partners in the Council of Ministers to lift the veto. Join the French presidency in the negotiations, proposing that Bulgaria’s demands to the PCM be included in the process of negotiations in Skopje with the EU, and that the veto be lifted now. Petkov announced that he would propose this to the parliament, but it was not possible to win the fall of the cabinet.