Οι διπλωματικές συνομιλίες του Μαυροβουνίου και της Ελλάδας κατά την περίοδο της σύναψης της «Βαλκανικής Συμμαχίας» του 1912

Abstract

The paper sets out to examine and place within their historical contextthe political relations between Montenegro and Greece during the periodof the Balkan Alliance’s formation and on the eve of the Balkan wars. Italso aims to find out and explain the historical circumstances which led thetwo countries to the Balkan Alliance system of negotiations and agreementsagainst the Ottoman Empire.The study is based primarily on archival material from the research inHistorical Archives of Greek Foreign Ministry. Specifically, its sources arethe formal correspondence and reports of the Greek consul Eugeniadis inCetinje, the capital of Montenegro. Published material from Archives of Serbian Foreign Ministry is utilised as well.According to the Greek diplomat’s reports, during the summer of 1912the Montenegrian political leaders (King Nicholas, Prime Minister, Ministerof Foreign Office, etc.) were determined to come to a formal agreement andto conclude a treaty alliance with Greece in order for the two countries to facethe Albanian national movement and the creation of an autonomous Albaniaunited.Eugeniadis also claims that the creation of an autonomous Albania is acritical matter for small Montenegro which desires to expand its territories toAlbanian lands of the Ottoman Empire. However, Greece avoided to cometo a formal agreement with Montenegro and to propose the conclusion of abilateral, Greek Montenegrian treaty, because Greek policy was not really directed against the creation of an autonomous Albania, but objected only toan enlarged Albania with territories of Epirus.Although in the summer of 1912 Montenegro and Greece didn’t conclude a bilateral treaty, they joined with the other two Balkan countries (Serbia and Bulgaria) in the Balkan Alliance and in October of 1912 went unitedto fight against the Turks.