STATEMENT OF THE DEPUTIES
BIROL AKIFOGLU AND GALIP GALIP
Xanthi and Komotini
11 October 1999
During our meeting in Athens, on 8 October, with the OSCE
High Commissionner on National Minorities Max van der Stoel, we reiterated the
minority’s long-standing firm position that:
- we demand the respect of all minority rights provided by the
international documents of the UN, the OSCE and the Council of Europe
- there has never been any claim for autonomy,
self-determination or secession and we will be opposed to similar claims if they ever
arise
- minorities should not be used as a pretext to raise claims
for border changes.
Birol Akifoglou
Deputy of New Democracy
Galip Galip
Deputy of PASOK |