Xhaçka: The Berlin summit will be held in Tirana, we will open the Albanian embassy in Ukraine

2023-01-07 12:56:15Politikë SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Xhaçka: The Berlin summit will be held in Tirana, we will open the
Olta Xhačka

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Olta Xhaçka, together with the chief negotiator with the EU, Majlinda Dhuka, appeared today in a media conference on a balance of the year we left behind on integration and foreign policies.

During her speech, the minister listed some of the most important foreign policy events of 2022 and confirmed once again that the Berlin Summit this year will be held in Tirana

"2022 has been a year of unprecedented achievement for foreign policy. For us today the road is open, negotiations for membership have opened today. Negotiations with the EU should have been opened first. The key to the negotiations was the crowning of a great work Albania is estimated to have made good progress and has a good level of preparation in the field of foreign policy.

Also this year, Albania leads the Berlin Process and will welcome this year's summit of the Berlin Process. The summits in Tirana in 2022 and 2023 are an expression of the strengthening of Albania's role in the region. But the initiative of the open Balkans continues to serve the stability of the region," Xhaçka said during her speech.

Among other things, Xhaçka also stated that the opening of the Albanian embassy in Ukraine is expected.

Meanwhile, the chief negotiator with the European Union, Majlinda Dhuka, said that holding the EU-Western Balkans summit strengthened support for the gradual integration of the region into the EU based on merit.

"In 2022, the unanimous support of EU member states and institutions, giving the green light for the start of negotiations, marked a historical moment for the country, Albania, which opened negotiations on the basis of merit. He pushed forward the country's important reform agenda. Albania's visible progress was also confirmed in the EC report on Albania. The institutional structure has been strengthened and Albania has clearly made progress, according to the EC report. In 2022, the EU-Western Balkans summit was held in Tirana for the first time, which reaffirmed the importance of the strategic partnership between the EU and the Western Balkans as a region with a clear European perspective. He supported Albania's membership in the EU. He reaffirmed that the EU remains our closest partner. The summit strengthened support for the gradual integration of the region based on merit., said Dhuka.


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