The Albanian government has begun to document with legal evidence the destruction of the Albanian Consulate in Ukraine by a Russian attack.
Sources familiar with this effort initiated by Prime Minister Edi Rama and being followed by Foreign Affairs Minister Igli Hasani, Top Channel journalist Muhamed Veliu. He has learned that he has already started a correspondence between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Albanian General Prosecutor's Office and the Ukrainian Prosecutor's Office.
Albanian chief of charge Olsian Cela a few days ago sent to his Ukrainian counterpart Andriy Kostin, a request to be updated regarding the collection of evidence requested by the Albanian side.
In the first letter from Top Channel, Attorney General Olsian Cela says:
"This request comes following the referral by the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs. We ask for information on the proceedings dated 9.11.2022 registered in the Office of the Public Prosecutor's Office of the Kharkiv Region, regarding the event of March 6, 2022, where the Honorary Consulate of the Republic of Albania, at the same time, the residence of honorary consul Mr. Shahkin Omarov, has been the target of attacks by Russian forces with the result of their destruction.
Albania's first such request comes after strong pro-Ukraine stances from our country as a member of the UN Security Council, from which a strong clash between Prime Minister Edi Rama and the Russian ambassador to the council was invited to speak.