On je također zapazio da je 2008. njegova zemlja signalizirala spremnost na prihvatanje jednog Nimetzovog prijedloga pred samit NATO-a u Bukureštu, ali je Grčka bila ta koja ga je odbacila.
He also noted that in 2008 his country had signalled its readiness to accept a proposal by Nimetz ahead of NATO's summit in Bucharest but that Greece was the one that rejected it.