Ethnic Albanians in Greece

A Just and Peaceful Solution to the Greece's Albanian Question

International pressure should be exerted upon Greece, a member of EU, Council of Europe, OSCE, to stop its persecution of ethnic Albanians and to compensate their material losses . Everyone who advocates the supremacy of law and contemporary humanitarian values should extend their support to the Chameria Albanian Associations all around the world. They stand for the recognition of 4000 Albanians who have been exterminated by Greece, for the rights of 150.000 who have been forced away from their ancestral lands and thus who do not even have a chance to see the graves of their parents, and 100.000 currently living in Greece.

In this context, the realization of the following points are of vital importance for a just solution to the question of ethnic Albanians in Greece :

-Summoning an international conference with the participation of the Albanian government for the restoration of the rights of Albanian minority in Greece and for the recognition of the genocide of Cham Albanians.

-Greece’s recognition of the ethnic identity of the orthodox Albanians and Cham Albanians, in the same way as the Albanian Government is recognizing and respecting the rights of the Greek minority in Albania.

-Compensation of the properties of the Cham population by the Greek Government.

-Permission for the establishment of an independent church for orthodox Albanians, which is a right conferred to them by the Sevres Treaty signed by Greece in 1920.

-Repatriation to Greece of the Cham population expelled to Albania and indemnity of the losses resulting from the exploitation of the real estate of the Cham population for the last 55 years.

-Restoring to the Cham population their Greek citizenship which was unlawfully taken away from them.

-Bringing an end to the discriminatory treatment against Albanian nationals in Greece and giving them back their properties which were unlawfully confiscated by the state authorities.