26 Apr 2011, 11:01 · Topic 1011 · Post 4934
Dear friends,
We would like to thank you for your invitation to the FSE sponsored events taking place in parallel with the 5th
Balkan Cavers Camp in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. The Hellenic Speleological Federation considers
the Balkan Cavers' Camps to be a very important annual event for Balkan and all European Cavers, and has strongly
supported them by active participation since the original camp in 2007.
However, this year we are not in a position to publicize the event to our Member Clubs nor will we be able to be
present in an official capacity at any level (as observers to the bureau meeting, as participants in any ECPC meetings,
etc).
The official website presenting the event does not follow the International Agreements concerning the name of
the host country. We have been trying since the autumn of last year to create a dialogue with our colleagues in the Former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia about this issue, without success. Since, as fellow cavers we would not like to be
involved in any political discussions and we must follow the international agreements during the implementation of
international events, we are obliged to refrain from participating in any event not respecting international agreements.
Furthermore, on this basis, we would respectfully urge the bureau of the FSE to reconsider holding the bureau
meeting and hosting a stand with such a backdrop and also to reconsider the ESP status of the meeting. If the ESP is
awarded to the organizers, we respectfully request a confirmation from the FSE Bureau in writing that no part of the
membership fees of Greece will be used to support this potentially-politically motivated event.
Η ομοσπονδία αποφάσισε, ύστερα από αλλεπάλληλες προσπάθειες για συνεργασία και συμφιλίωση, να μην συμμετάσχει στην Βαλκανική που θα γίνει στα Σκόπια, επειδή οι διοργανωτές θέλουν να κάνουν την συνάντηση αυτή ένα ακόμη μέσο για την προώθηση των πολιτικών τους σκοπιμοτήτων.
Όποιος θέλει πάραυτα να πάει στη συνάντηση μπορεί να έρθει σε επαφή με κάποιο μέλος του ΔΣ μας, ή με τους: Νίκο, Στέλιο, Μαργαρίτα, Σοφία για να τους ενημερώσουν για τις τεχνικές λεπτομέρειες, μιάς και έχουν ξαναβρεθεί σε τέτοιες συναντήσεις.