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Journalist and analyst Mentor Nazarko has commented on recent developments related to the incident in Zvërnec, arguing that the event has taken on dimensions that go beyond a local protest and include geopolitical elements.
Nazarko stated that official Athens could not ignore the incident, following the publication of footage showing a protester being dragged away by private security guards.
According to him, Greece is trying to problematize the situation and expand the discussion about the presence of the Greek minority in the area, including Narta and Zvërnec in this debate.
He added that the area is home to Greek speakers and people with dual citizenship, factors that he said are being used in the debates that have erupted following the incident.
Commenting on Prime Minister Edi Rama's reaction, Nazarko said that the head of government chose to respond harshly to the claims coming from Greece to reject any attempt to qualify Narta and Zvërnec as minority areas.
"Official or political Greece could not miss an opportunity like this, when viral images of a protester being dragged away, not by official police but by a private police, something that nowadays goes on screens all over the world, to problematize or include both Zvërnec and Narta in the list of settlements with a Greek minority. In that area there are Greek speakers, or immigrants who, due to their stay in Greece, have declared themselves as Northern Epirotes and who have dual citizenship. This was the case of the protester. Rama strictly refused to include Narta or Zvërnec in a minority area. Rama chose to give Mitsotakis a hard time, to refuse the official qualification of Narta and Zvërnec as minority areas, as well as to act with an iron fist to shut down any international noise, any internal noise produced by the virality, the involvement of secret services, internal and external competitors. This event has geopolitical implications," Nazarko said in A2 CNN,
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