Greece's position on so-called Kosovo remains unchanged - report

ATHENS - Quoting unnamed diplomatic sources, the Greek news agency ANA reports that Greece's position on Serbia and the so-called Kosovo remains completely unchanged.

"There has been no change of attitude, nor do we intend for there to be a change of attitude," the sources were quoted as saying.

Speaking about a Council of Europe (CoE) report on the so-called Kosovo's bid for membership in the organisation, the sources said "it has no influence on the Greek diplomatic position towards Serbia and Kosovo, it is an internal matter of the Council of Europe and in any case, it is non-binding."

The Committee on Political Affairs of the CoE Parliamentary Assembly adopted in late March a report in which rapporteur Dora Bakoyannis - who comes from Greece - recommended that the so-called Kosovo be admitted to the CoE.

In response, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said Bakoyannis had abruptly changed her opinion about the so-called Kosovo's membership in the organisation after receiving a phone call.

She gave up on the demand that Pristina must first implement a Community of Serb Municipalities, Vucic said.

"She abruptly regretted having been very firm and strong and then she remembered that a Community of Serb Municipalities is not important, and then that (land) expropriation is not important either," he said.

"I know well who ordered you to give up on principles and to act in that way. Shame on you. Only some of the people in the international arena have a spine, and some people have nothing," Vucic said in a message to Bakoyannis.