He never denied his Arvanite origin/ Former Minister Pangalos presented his book in Tirana in 2018

2023-05-31 20:28:00, Kosova & Bota CNA

He never denied his Arvanite origin/ Former Minister Pangalos presented his book

Theodoros Pangalos, former Foreign Minister of Greece

Theodoros Pangalos, the former Foreign Minister of Greece who passed away today, is one of the politicians who has never denied his Arvanite origin.

For 4 years, from 1996 to 1999, he served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece. He narrated his experience in the book "With Papandreou in Europe".

This book, also translated into Albanian, was presented in Tirana in May 2018. At the presentation of the book in the capital, the Greek politician and former president Ilir Meta himself was present.

"With Papandreou in Europe" was translated by Kristaq Pulla. In the book, the negotiations that Greece carried out for its membership in the European Union in 1981, and the difficulties encountered during the negotiations, are revealed.

He never denied his Arvanite origin/ Former Minister Pangalos presented his book

During the ceremony, the former Foreign Minister of Greece stated that: "The book talks about my relationship with Andrea Papandreou during my time as Foreign Minister. This book is valuable for Albanians who will start negotiations with Europe, I hope they start as soon as possible. At the time when we were negotiating to join Europe, Mrs. Thatcher did not like Andrea, she hated him and tried to hinder him in the negotiations, but even Europeans make mistakes".

Theodoros Pangalos also stopped at the reports with the Albanian politicians, mentioning in particular the meeting with the former prime minister Sali Berisha.

"I told Mr. Berisha two things, which I insisted on very much. The first issue was the pyramids and Berisha accused me of being cunning and suggesting that the pyramids be banned deliberately so that Albanians would turn to Greek banks. The second issue I asked him was to get Fatos Nanon out of prison, he told me it is illegal, I proposed to him to issue a special law and get him out of prison. When I met Berisha a long time later, he told me that I was right in both cases", he declared.

Pangalos is one of the Greek politicians who has paid great attention to relations with Albania.

In fact, during a visit to our country, he declared that we are "one face, one race" with the Albanians./ CNA.al