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The region and the EU have landed in Athens. Albania has inadvertently become the "black sheep" again.
Reluctantly, since Greece, as is its habit, uses the membership card in the Union quite a bit, especially with its neighbors who do not fulfill the whims sold as 'national interests'.
Since Greece is a member of the EU, it knows very well that justice must be independent, so conditions, threats, blackmail for issues that are in the hand of the "hammer" are not healthy, even for an old member country nor for a young man who aspires to the Union.
The senior leaders of the European Union and the leaders of the Western Balkans will have an informal dinner today in Athens, at the invitation of the Greek Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
The latter will host the president of the EU Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, the head of the EU Council, Charles Michel, as well as the leaders of Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Kosovo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Romania and Croatia.
According to Greek press reports, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will also be present, although it has not been officially announced due to security issues.
But the one who has been declared 'non grata' is precisely Prime Minister Edi Rama.
Greek media say that official Athens wants to re-establish its leadership in the region as a pillar of stability, peace and energy security, but forgets that you can't do that on all terms.
Rama was not invited amid growing tensions over the arrest of the mayor of Himara, Fredi Beleri, accused and in prison of buying votes for the May 14 elections.
Instead, Mitsotakis invited the Albanian president Bajram Begaj, but beyond the conviction that the latter has towards our Prime Minister, it seems that this time he enjoyed 'implementing the order from above'.
Athens is threatening Albania's future in the EU over human rights violations, as Greeks believe Beler's arrest was politically motivated.
The informal dinner focusing on the integration of the Western Balkans in the EU in Athens has been echoed by many media, among them 'Euractiv', near Brussels.
'Euractiv' simply reports and summarizes the developments one after the other without taking a stand, which can be read in a way as a cold approach of Brussels towards what is happening between us and our Hellenic neighbors for Fredi Beleri.
After the 'wrong dinner' in Athens, will Albanian justice have the will to resist the right decision for Fredi Beleri?!
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