President Meta has not permitted agreement with Greece. Without his permit, it’s nullified
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While Albania and Greece are close to signing a new agreement for the maritime border, sources at the Presidency say that President Meta has not granted the permit, an obligatory procedure, imposed by the Constitution. Without it, the Presidency says, the agreement is not valid.
The Presidency say the President has not given the negotiating team the power to discuss this with Greece, because no one asked him. However, sources from the Foreign Ministry say that the talks are being based on principles, not on maps. According to MFA, the power given by the President is needed only when they start discussing about the map. So far, the talks have been only on political and diplomatic levels.
But what does it mean to not have the power granted by the President? The Constitutional Court decision of 2009, which rejected the first maritime border agreement, specifies that the Foreign Ministry should have informed the president for the permit. According to that decision, this is an obligatory procedure and not respecting it means the new agreement will be put at risk.
This happens while the Prime Minister of Greece has announced his visit to Tirana, a visit that will be followed by new strategic agreements between Albania and Greece.
Former President Nishani also reacted by saying that until July 24th, when he left the office to President Meta, no request had arrived from the government.
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