Greece has again warned North Macedonia that failure to respect the name agreement between the two countries will endanger the Balkan state’s path to membership in the European Union. During a press conference on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Washington, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis addressed the concerns of Greek journalists about the behavior of the Prime Minister of North Macedonia and other senior officials.

These officials have avoided using the country’s constitutional name, referring to it simply as “Macedonia”, in violation of the 2018 Prespa Agreement.

“Agreements must be respected; this is something I emphasized at the NATO plenary session. I believe all our allies understand this. We want North Macedonia to take steps towards European integration, but this requires respect for international law and the agreements that the country has signed. I believe that, one way or another, the leadership of Skopje will understand this”, said Mitsotakis.

“In any case, Greece will not reveal at this moment the [diplomatic] weapons at its disposal to respond to any possible insistence from the leadership of the neighboring country on this tactic,” added the head of the Greek government.