Prime Minister Edi Rama declared for the broadcaster Sky News that Albania is still waiting for an apology from the British government, after the statements of the Minister of the Interior, Suella Braverman, about the "invasion" of Great Britain by Albanian immigrants.
Sky News: You have seen and heard the British rhetoric on the issue of Albanian immigrants, on the "invasion" of the country by Albanians involved in criminality. How does hearing this kind of language make you feel?
Rama: I must say that in today's politics, sometimes, such things can happen. What makes me wonder more is that I never heard an apology, which makes me think that instead of such an exaggerated expression of disappointment, this was a calculated attack, and that's the most disturbing thing.
Sky News: Do you think Albania needs an apology from Great Britain?
Rama: We don't need it, in the sense that we can live without it. Okay, because it also happens that it doesn't and avoids it. Then it means you want something from what you've said, so it means there's a calculation behind it and you're actually talking to a certain number of voters who want to hear that and you're feeding them that. because you need their votes. But the consequences of this could be devastating for people, for our people in Great Britain and for Britain itself.
Sky News: You've made your view clear about how the UK is handling this, but let's talk about you, about how much you're to blame for this. You have been prime minister for nine years, but we are listening to people talking, saying that they have no future, no hope, because their country is corrupt and there is nothing for them there, so they should leave you .
Rama: It is true. It is true that you can hear people say that and it is also true that now is a period when there is a lot of bad influence, in general, in the world, because of the war, because of the crisis, because after the pandemic it has been created another situation, because we know what to do. We must do everything to improve the situation here and make it better and better for everyone, but we also know that whatever we do, Albania will not become London, Paris or Berlin.