“I hope you were not disturbed,” Rama said to the Prime Minister – Mitsotakis: “We firmly support Albania’s European perspective”
Apologies from him Kyriakos Mitsotakis asked the Eddie Rama, referring to statements he allegedly made in an interview with Euractiv, which caused strong reactions in our country.
“We will not deceive the EU like Greece did” to join the EU he reportedly stated on the website.
“I want to apologize for some strange statements that I saw that were attributed, they do not represent the situation in Greece of course. I hope you were not disturbed,” said the Albanian prime minister.
“We are not in the same political faction as with Tsipras who are friends,” Mr. Rama said jokingly.
“Thank you for the visit… I hope you find time to visit the Greek minority in the next year. There are traditional ties,” he noted.
The Prime Minister of Albania even stated according to information that when he asked the Greeks of the minority ‘what do you want us to do for you’ they told us: ‘this and that or else bring us Kyriakos Mitsotakis’. This way we will also save money from our budget” he commented humorously.
“We’ll do both I think” replied the Prime Minister to Mr. Rama.
Edi Rama also wished the Nikos Dendias for his name day.
“Close to demarcation of marine zones”
“We firmly support the European perspective of Albania” declared Kyriakos Mitsotakis for his part.
“There are strong ties in the two countries. We have the issue of the minority and the demarcation of the maritime zones, I believe that we are close to making progress and resolving the issue” Mr. Mitsotakis pointed out.
“I’m sorry that the weather doesn’t allow me to go to the Greek minority tomorrow, but maybe we’ll go together,” he told Edi Rama.
Rama’s controversial statements that caused backlash
“We should not forget that the integration process is a process based on people and values. We have to do our ‘home exercises’, these are not exams you can cheat on. Even if the professors are very willing to help you pass […] it’s in your best interest to pass the test properly,” Rama stated.
“And because it’s for our own good,” he said, “we have to have institutions that work.”
“Not as some countries did in the past, like a neighboring country, Greece for example, who cheated a lot. He took money from Europe, went through a period of opulence, and then ended up very badly“, the Albanian prime minister is reported to have said.
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