The president of SYRIZA, Stefanos Kasselakis, met today with members of the Albanian community in Greece and during their talks he talked about the ways in which the rapprochement of the two peoples can be achieved.
Stefanos Kasselakis, among others, spoke about Albanian as a choice of second foreign language in Greek schools, setting as a parameter to do the same in schools in Albania.
"Here in Greece, we don't have Albanian as our chosen language. Like Albania, it had to have Greek as its chosen language. In the entire territory of Albania", said the chairman of the Greek SYRIZA.
"Immigration is an issue that SYRIZA has never used as a tool, in relation to other parties in our country, and we are proud of the responsible attitude we have taken", emphasized the chairman of SYRIZA Stefanos Kasselakis during the meeting he had in the office of in Koumoundourou with representatives of the Albanian diaspora communities in Greece.
As the president of SYRIZA emphasized, "we are proud of the work we have done as a government, to be able to facilitate the community and show that we can all offer meritorious things to our country".
However, as he underlined, the problems faced by the Albanian Community in Greece are great, as a result the insecurity that its members live every day has increased in recent years.
"We cannot talk about renewing the residence permit for three years, when this application takes 2.5 years to be accepted. In other words, we are placing these fellow human beings with whom we live in the same country in a hostage situation", pointed out Stefanos Kasselakis.
Welcoming the members of the Albanian community, the chairman of SYRIZA emphasized that it is our honor "to welcome you to our party, the proud party of rights and equality" and emphasized the special symbolism of the day, as it is the anniversary of the assassination of a child from Pakistan. From Shahzat Luqman, who lost his life "in a wave of racism, in a situation that could be avoided as a nation, if there are correct integration policies".
"We have historical ties with the Albanian community", emphasized the Department of Immigration Policy in the SYRIZA-SP Committee, Nina Kasimati. The strengthening of these ties, of our two peoples, can only make us stronger and more influential in the region and beyond in Europe", he added.