On Friday Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias hosted his Albanian counterpart in Athens in a visit that comes ahead of a trip next week by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to Albania. This has put Greece’s relationship with its northern neighbor and its broader diplomatic approach to the Western Balkans into focus. A key issue on the table will be moving forward with referring the delimitation of Greece and Albania’s EEZs to the International Court of Justice in The Hague. Vassilis Nedos, Kathimerini’s diplomatic and defense editor, joins Thanos Davelis to look at where Greek-Albanian relations are today, break down the key issues on the agenda ahead of the prime minister’s trip Albania, and place this relationship within the context of Greece’s broader approach to the Western Balkans.

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