Bakoyannis will address the southern Albanian rally organized at 18:00 by the Greek National Minority organization 'Omonoia', which demands that Beleri, an ethnic Greek, be released from detention and allowed to be sworn in as mayor to assume his duties.
Gerapetritis noted that the Greek government took very important steps from the outset to deal with an issue that has been creating tension between the two countries. In contacts with EU officials associated with Albania's EU accession negotiations process and with NATO, Gerapetritis said he had personally made clear that Albania's accession cannot progress when there is such disregard for the rule of law, the presumption of innocence and respect of civil rights.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Vassilis Kaskarelis, is expected to have a meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Albania, Olta Xhaçka, on the sidelines of his participation in the informal Summit of NATO Foreign Ministers in Oslo,
