Former Prime Minister Sali Berisha made a strong statement saying that Lulzim Basha left with Agron Gjekmarkaj for America, but they dropped him off in Rome.
He said Basha was invited by US official Gabriel Escobar, but the FBI did not allow him to go to the United States.
"I have respect for Mrs. Karen Donfried that she has a long diplomatic career, but only from a human point of view I have to repeat what I said in December to Mr. Gabriel Escobar, who came, met with Lul Basha and all this 1 week ago Referendum on his dismissal. At that time I told him that Albanians do not like dolls. He said that Basha would go to the USA. "Basha left for the US with Gjekmarkaj, they dropped him off in Rome, Italy", said Berisha in News24.