Albania welcomes EU Report, says PM
"Albania´s Prime Minister Sali Berisha said that the Albanian Government welcomes the report of the European Commission on Albania and that all ministries will examine with special interest every issue raised in this report.
"It was a great pleasure for me to receive from Ambassador Lohan the first EU report on Albania following the signing of the Stability-Association Agreement," Berisha said at a joint news conference with the Ambassador of the European Commission in Tirane, Helmuth Lohan.
"Considering what Ambassador Lohan told me, as I have not read the report yet, the European Union praises the achievements in the fight against corruption, crime, macro-economic stability, asks the continuation and consolidation of these efforts and regards the upcoming elections as a real test for the Albanian democracy," Berisha said. "I assured Lohan that the Albanian Government is determined to make all efforts for free and fair elections in Albania. In
this relation I asked from the European Commission to encourage the monitoring of elections on a broad scale and I express readiness to cooperate with the opposition for the realisation of this aim," Berisha said.
"We remain totally determined in the fight against crime and corruption, which can have no future in Albania," he said adding: "I also familiarized Ambassador Lohan with the serious difficulties we are facing in this fight which are mainly related to the system of justice."
"It was a great pleasure for me to receive from Ambassador Lohan the first EU report on Albania following the signing of the Stability-Association Agreement," Berisha said at a joint news conference with the Ambassador of the European Commission in Tirane, Helmuth Lohan.
"Considering what Ambassador Lohan told me, as I have not read the report yet, the European Union praises the achievements in the fight against corruption, crime, macro-economic stability, asks the continuation and consolidation of these efforts and regards the upcoming elections as a real test for the Albanian democracy," Berisha said. "I assured Lohan that the Albanian Government is determined to make all efforts for free and fair elections in Albania. In
this relation I asked from the European Commission to encourage the monitoring of elections on a broad scale and I express readiness to cooperate with the opposition for the realisation of this aim," Berisha said.
"We remain totally determined in the fight against crime and corruption, which can have no future in Albania," he said adding: "I also familiarized Ambassador Lohan with the serious difficulties we are facing in this fight which are mainly related to the system of justice."