Papoulas: Europe has made great mistakes in the Balkans

Greek President Carolos Papoulas warned on Thursday that Europe had made “great mistakes in the Balkans” and asked who the question of territorial integrity of countries can be ignored.

(KosovoCompromise Staff) Friday, July 04, 2008

In a discussion on Kosovo with the president of the Austrian parliament Barbara Pramer, Papoulas said that the UN Resolution 1244 is still in place.

"The question is: how is possible that such an important principle as territorial integrity can be ignored", Papoulas said.

The Greek president argued "Europe had made great mistakes in the Balkans".

Kosovo is a "very delicate" problem and that is why Greece has opted for "cautious steps" on the issue, he added.