Fredis Beleris, a former ethnic Greek mayor of an Albanian town whose imprisonment on vote-buying charges has strained Albanian-Greek ties, speaks after his release on probation in Himara, southwestern Albania, Monday, Sept. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Vlasov Sulaj)
Fredis Beleris, a former ethnic Greek mayor of an Albanian town whose imprisonment on vote-buying charges has strained Albanian-Greek ties, speaks after his release on probation in Himara, southwestern Albania, Monday, Sept. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Vlasov Sulaj)
Fredis Beleris, a former ethnic Greek mayor of an Albanian town whose imprisonment on vote-buying charges has strained Albanian-Greek ties, speaks after his release on probation in Himara, southwestern Albania, Monday, Sept. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Vlasov Sulaj)
Fredis Beleris, a former ethnic Greek mayor of an Albanian town whose imprisonment on vote-buying charges has strained Albanian-Greek ties, gets a hug from a supporter after his release on probation, in Himara, southwestern Albania, Monday, Sept. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Vlasov Sulaj)
FILE - Fredis Beleris listens to Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis during their meeting at Maximos Mansion in Athens, Monday, July 15, 2024. Albanians in the southwestern town of Himara are to vote Sunday for a new mayor after their previous choice, Fredis Beleris, a member of the country's ethnic Greek minority, was stripped of his title, convicted and imprisoned on vote-buying charges in what he and neighboring Greece have claimed was a politically motivated case. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, File)
Fredis Beleris, a former ethnic Greek mayor of an Albanian town whose imprisonment on vote-buying charges has strained Albanian-Greek ties, gestures to supporters after his release on probation, in Himara, southwestern Albania, Monday, Sept. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Vlasov Sulaj)