L’attitude de la Serbie envers la Grèce, et la question de la Thrace occidentale à la Conférence de Lausanne 1922-1923
Part of : Balkan studies : biannual publication of the Institute for Balkan Studies ; Vol.45, No.1-2, 2004, pages 81-93
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81-93
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Serbian's policy towards Greece and the question of Thrace at the Lausanne Peace Conference (1922-1923)
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Greek-Serbian relations in the first half of the 20th century
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On the eve of the Lausanne Conference Greece launched its diplomaticefforts to contain Turkey’s expansion, to scale down Bulgaria’s territorialambitions in Western Thrace and deter Serbia from establishing a free zone inSalonica’s port. At the same time, Greece was facing enormous internalsocioeconomic problems and political tensions caused by the Asia Minor defeatin 1922. Under the circumstances the Greek Government sought the diplomatic backing of Serbia, Greece’s only regional ally since 1913. However, therapprochement between Serbia and Bulgaria affected adversely Greek-Serbianrelations. An important event was the resulting signature by Greece andSerbia of the Belgrade Convention on May 10 1923, about the status of theSerbian free zone in Salonica. Nevertheless, Serbia fully supported Greece onthe question of Thrace at the Lausanne Conference and helped her containBulgarian revisionist ambitions and confront Turkish territorial demands atthe same area.
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Σέρβικη πολιτική προς την Ελλάδα, Ζήτημα της Θράκης, Διάσκεψη Ειρήνης στη Λωζάνη (1922-1923)
