Greece, Albania discussing EEZ, not land border

The land border between Greece and Albania is not among the issues being discussed between the two countries, sources from the Greek Foreign Ministry said in a statement Friday, in response to suggestions to that effect on Thursday by Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama.

"The two countries are not discussing their borders, as those have been determined by international agreements and no negotiation is taking place over them," the sources told the state-run Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA-MPA).

In May 2018, the two countries reopened negotiations to delineate maritime borders in the Ionian Sea and resolve other bilateral issues.

The same sources said Athens and Tirana signed a friendship agreement in 1996, in which they proclaimed their respect for the inviolability of existing borders.

Speaking during an interview with Albania's Vizion Plus TV on Thursday,...