In a surprising move, the Greek government emphasized that it has never relinquished its rights to war reparations from Germany for damages and loss of life during the Second World War, directly answering Berlin's announcement at the weekend which said otherwise. "Greece's positions are unwavering, and what the (Greek) foreign minister said recently in (Greece's) Parliament applies in the fullest," spokesman Grigoris Delavekouras said a day after the eye-brow raising comment from Berlin.
The spokesman referred to statements by FM Stavros Dimas in Parliament on March 28, made specifically in reference to the issue of war reparations and a "forced loan" taken by the Axis forces occupying Greece in 1941. Delavekouras said the twin issues remain absolutely open for Athens while he added that the Greek Foreign Minister's statement was that "this issue must be again discussed with the necessary documentation that will bolster the strength of our arguments, and always within the framework of mutual respect and trust that should distinguish Greek-German relations." (AMNA)
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