Greek–Serbian Alliance of 1913
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| Treaty of Peace, Friendship and Mutual Protection | |
|---|---|
 The Kingdom of Greece (green) and the Kingdom of Serbia (orange) shown within Europe in 1914. | |
| Signed | 1 June 1913 |
| Location | Thessaloniki, Kingdom of Greece (now Greece) |
| Parties | |
The Greek–Serbian Alliance of 1913 was signed at
Greek–Serbian relations for a decade, remaining in force through World War I
until 1924.
Background
During the
Albanian Principality, opposed Bulgarian claims and insisted on an uti possidetis
division of territory.
Negotiations and signing of the alliance
On 9 March 1913, the Greek Foreign Minister
Mount Pangaion, as well as the view of Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos
that an Austro-Serbian war would soon draw the other Great Powers into the fray, it agreed.
The final Treaty of Peace, Friendship and Mutual Protection was signed at Thessaloniki on 1 June 1913, by the Greek ambassador to Belgrade,
Osogovska Planina for the Serbs and Belasica–Eleftheres Gulf for the Greeks), committed them to seek international mediation, and to meet Bulgarian armed aggression towards either signatory with all available forces. The attendant military convention obliged each country to come to the other's aid with all available forces should either be attacked by a third power, or, if one of the signatories declared war first, to maintain a favourable neutrality and conduct a partial mobilization (40,000 men for Greece and 50,000 for Serbia). The signature of the Greek–Serbian alliance marked the demise of the Balkan League. On 30 June, Bulgarian troops attacked the Greek and Serbian lines, beginning the Second Balkan War
.
Impact and aftermath
The alliance played an important role in
Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes in 1924, as a reaction to the controversial Greek-Bulgarian Politis–Kalfov Protocol
on minorities.
See also
References
- ^ Bataković 2004, p. 59.
Sources
- ISSN 2241-1674.
- Hall, Richard C. (2000). The Balkan Wars, 1912–1913: Prelude to the First World War. Routledge. pp. 98–100. ISBN 0-415-22946-4.
- Papadrianos, Adrianos (2004). "Greco-Serbian talks towards the conclusion of a treaty of alliance in May 1913 and the beginning of negotiations for the establishment of a Serbian Free Zone in Thessaloniki". Balkan Studies: Biannual Publication of the Institute for Balkan Studies. 45 (1): 39–44. ISSN 2241-1674.
- Svolopoulos, Konstantinos (1977). "Ο Β′ Βαλκανικός Πόλεμος" [The Second Balkan War]. In Christopoulos, Georgios A. & Bastias, Ioannis K. (eds.). Ιστορία του Ελληνικού Έθνους, Τόμος ΙΔ΄: Νεώτερος Ελληνισμός από το 1881 έως το 1913 [History of the Greek Nation, Volume XIV: Modern Hellenism from 1881 to 1913] (in Greek). Athens: Ekdotiki Athinon. pp. 335–351. ISBN 978-960-213-110-7.