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The french attitude towards the 1934 Balkan pact

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• Michalopoulos, Dimitris

The conclusion of the 1934 Balkan Pact was one of the major preoccupationsof French diplomacy when it was pursuing the consolidation of peace inthat region of Europe. The Quai d’Orsay therefore aimed at persuading every“concerned country” to sign the Pact. Finally, Bulgaria and Albania did notdo so. The first because it continued to view the Neuilly Treaty as provisionaland the second for the reason that the Italian fascist government mistrustedthe whole affair of the rapprochement between the Balkan countries andexercised its influence over Tirana to that effect. Nevertheless, the four signatoriesof the Pact (Yugoslavia, Rumania, Greece and Turkey) guaranteedmutually all their Balkan frontiers—even those with Albania and Bulgaria.This was an important success for the French Foreign Ministry, but unfortunatelyan ephemeral one, given that the enemies of peace were alreadynumerous in Europe.

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Γαλλική αντιμετώπιση του Βαλκανικού συμφώνου

Το άρθρο αποτελεί μέρος πρακτικών του ελληνογαλλικού συμποσίου που πραγματοποιήθηκε στη Θεσσαλονίκη την περίοδο 15-17 Οκτωβρίου 1987 με τίτλο «La France, la Grece et les Balkansdans les annees trente».