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Greek Government Split on FYROM Referendum: Tsipras Congratulates, Kammenos Says Deal is Annulled

Alexis Tsipras congratulated Zaev while Defense Minister Panos Kammenos said the deal is annulled

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Sunday congratulated his FYROM counterpart Zoran Zaev for the results of the referendum over the Prespa agreement, the Athens – Macedonian News Agency says.
Tsipras spoke on the phone with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia prime minister after the conclusion of the poll. He congratulated Zaev for his determination to proceed with the implementation of the name change agreement in the House.
Greece’s foreign ministry issued a statement on the referendum results saying. “Though it is a consultative referendum and not part of the binding clauses of the Prespa agreement, is contradictory: A strongly predominant “Yes” without the corresponding participation; a large part of the neighboring country’s society supported the agreement.”
The statement also says that the Greek foreign ministry will continue to support the Athens-Skopje agreement, and it concludes, “The objections to the Prespa Agreement proved to be untrue and incorrect.
The next steps forward require sobriety by all sides, without exception, for the positive momentum of the Prespa Agreement to be preserved.”
Leader of junior coalition partner Independent Greeks, Panos Kammenos who opposed the deal, tweeted on the referendum results:
“When I talked about the failure of the referendum, they were scoffing me. Now with the (low) participation under Article 73.74 of their Constitution it is invalid and 68% of the citizens annulled the deal.”

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