[Prishtina-E] Fw: [ALBANIAN] [Alb-Club] Re: [Albanian-UK] People please

[Dorin Gheciu]

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From: Dorin Gheciu 
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Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 10:56 PM
Subject: Re: [ALBANIAN] [Alb-Club] Re: [Albanian-UK] People please


I have been criticized by an Albanian in Prishtina because I advocated that Albanians in Macedonia should not break that country if they receive equal rights with Slav Macedonians. I also said that Albania and Macedonia should be allies. This Albanian said that Albanians should fight to remove all Slavs from their lands, partly because he was treated like crap while visiting Macedonia.

I respect his opinion, and I deplore the indignities Albanians have to suffer in Serbia, Macedonia, Kosova, Greece, etc. I am aware of the fact that Slav Macedonians have not treated Albanians fairly since they got their independence 10 years ago. However, I don't think the Macedonian Slavs have ever committed against the Albanians the kind of atrocities that Serbs did. The Macedonian Slavs have been themselves victims of racial persecution at the hands of Greeks, Serbs and Bulgarians. It seems they consider themselves a completely distinct people. This is an attitude that Albanians should encourage, not deride (it would be bad if they would regard themselves as Serbs, for instance).

I advocate an eventual alliance between Albania and Macedonia (after Macedonia hopefully grants equal rights to their Albanian citizens) because it would benefit both countries. Albania badly needs an ally in the Balkans. It would be disastruous to pit Albania against the rest of the world, like Enver Hoxha did. Here are the advantages for Albania and Albanians:

1. It would disipate the theory advanced by Albania's enemies that Albanians hate all the Slavs. It is very damaging to the Albanian interests. There are a lot of Slavs in the World, and they yield a lot of influence. Russia is still the World's second strongest country, and it also has the political power to grant or not to grant independence to Kosova.

2. Both Macedonians and Albanians have suffered a lot at the hands of the Greek racists. Together, they stand a better chance to get redress (reparation) for past injustices. 

3. It will disipate the theory advanced by Albania's enemies (but foolishly believed by some Albanians, too) that the unrest in Kosova and Macedonia is just a war between Christians and Moslems, or between Christians and Turks. If this were the case, Albanians would not enjoy any meaningful international support.

4. It will make possible further alliances with Romania, Bulgaria and other Balkan states.  

To conclude, I think an alliance between Albania and Macedonia would greatly improve the chances of independence for Kosova, and would greatly improve the international image of Albania and Albanians. Such an alliance would also greatly benefit Macedonia, who is literally surrounded by rapacious neighbours, and also needs a route to the Adriatic Sea. If Albania and Albanians would dangle the prospect of an alliance in the face of the Macedonian administration, they may quickly get equal rights in Macedonia. 

D.
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