The 'secret' visit to the Namazgja Mosque: Behind the scenes of Erdogan's trusted man's visit to Tirana

2024-01-29 21:06:02Fokus SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
The 'secret' visit to the Namazgja Mosque: Behind the scenes of
Hakan Fidan at the Namazgja Mosque

The head of Turkish diplomacy, Hakan Fidan, the man considered to be Erdogan's successor, chose Tirana to start his next four-day diplomatic tour of Romania and Bulgaria.

A visit of the highest rank where there were face-to-face meetings with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Igli Hasani, the Prime Minister, Edi Rama, to end with the President of the country, Bajram Begaj.

The number one of Turkish diplomacy has also visited the Great Mosque, the one in Namazgjaja, which has remained unopened and not inaugurated due to a deadlock between the financier, Turkey, and the KMSH, which has a Gülenist direction, in disagreement with Ankara.

This was also noticed by the fact that he was not accompanied by any KMSH figure, not even by any clerical figure in Albania. But more than that, from no Albanian authority.

It is an almost discreet visit in relation to the media, without serving as an announcement or conveying any message.

Meanwhile, he gave a message after the meeting with his counterpart Igli Hasani.

"We discussed about cleaning up the last remnants of FETO that remained in Albania, therefore we showed the sensitivity that Turkey has towards this issue and we discussed what concrete steps can be taken for this."

This was the message conveyed by Hakan Fidan from his official visit as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey to Tirana.

The conference did not mention the real Turkish concern, the issue of Gulenists at the head of the Albanian Muslim Community. And this topic will have been discussed behind the scenes in face-to-face meetings.

It is now universally known that the issue of KMSH is the "apple of the dispute" for the completion of the works and the opening of the Great Mosque.

While the battle is next, the next elections of the KMSH will take place in March. The current heads of the KMSH have started meetings with the muftis of the country to have reconfirmation in the next elections in March.

It will be seen how Turkey will influence exactly these elections, which must then confirm the opening of the Namazgja Mosque, financed by Ankara itself.

Fidan stated that Albania-Turkey relations are very good, but they should be taken to another level of cooperation.


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