I have resigned but I'm happy, Kotzias says, welcoming progress on Prespes Agreement
In his speech at the handover ceremony at the foreign ministry on Saturday, outgoing minister Nikos Kotzias welcomed the vote held in neighbouring FYROM to press ahead with the constitutional changes outlined in the Prespes Agreement and said he was experiencing the paradox of having resigned and yet feeling happy.
"I am happy that we have made a hopeful step for the Prespes Agreement," Kotzias said. "I thank the prime minister for the honour and the opportunity that he gave me to contend with the issues of foreign policy. We have made a step forward in the FYROM issue. I want to thank Zoran Zaev and the 80 MPs."
"I a very proud that with your guidance, Mr. Prime Minister, we sent 93 corruption cases to the public prosecutor," Kotzias added and strongly criticised the furore concerning the ministry's secret accounts.
"Democracy cannot work without seriousness and responsibility," he added.
"I leave having completed the great step of the 'FYROM issue' with your support, prime minister. I leave happy," Kotzias said.
Kotzias submitted his resignation to the prime minister on Wednesday, following a clash with Defence Minister Panos Kammenos, the head of the junior party in the coalition government.
Source: AMNA
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