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British Express: NATO base in Albania, warning signal for Vladimir Putin

2022-07-12 09:54:08Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

British Express: NATO base in Albania, warning signal for Vladimir Putin

"Albania has sent a warning signal to Russian President Vladimir Putin with the construction of a NATO base in Durrës", this is how the British tabloid "Express" begins its article.

The news reflects Prime Minister Edi Rama's visit to Brussels on Wednesday, July 13, with NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg to discuss the proposal.

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Albania is sending a warning signal to Russian President Vladimir Putin ahead of a NATO meeting about a new naval base in the country.

The news comes after the Prime Minister of Albania Edi Rama will sit down with the Secretary General of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg to discuss the proposal.

Rama will meet with Stoltenberg on Wednesday this week to discuss the project following an announcement that will release the news on July 1.

The port will be located in Porto Romano, Durrës, 40 minutes from the capital and will include a commercial section and a military naval base. Financing will be provided by the Albanian state and NATO.

Albania currently spends around 1.53% of its annual GDP on defence, much less than the suggested minimum figure of 2%.

Speaking about the plan, Rama said: "We will soon return to Brussels to continue discussions regarding our proposal...to install a NATO naval base in the new port in Durrës."

In May, Rama said that his government had offered the Pashaliman naval base to NATO. Located south of Vlora, it was the Soviet Union's only base in the Mediterranean during the 1950s, at a time when Albania's communist regime was aligned with Moscow.

After the fall of communism, it was rebuilt with the help of Turkey, which retained the right to use it. The Albanian Navy still today uses the base for some operations and training.

NATO is also transforming a former communist-era military airbase in Kučovo. Renovating the base will cost around 40 million euros and will become operational in 2023.

The base will serve as an ammunition depot as well as act as a refueling center. Work is currently underway to restore the runway and the control tower to full use.

The original base was built using prisoner labor under the communist dictator Enver Hoxha's regime.

After nearly 50 years of communism, Albania left and returned to the West, joining the alliance in 2009 and hoping to join the European Union, although it has been in the union's waiting room for quite some time.

According to Globalfirepower.com, Albania currently has 8,000 active personnel in its military ranks. 500 reserve personnel are also available. The army has about 76 armored vehicles. Albania's current naval assets consist of 19 vessels, all of which are general duty patrol vessels.


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