Prime Minister Edin Rama has assessed the agreements reached between the Western Balkans at the Berlin Process summit as a historical moment that unites the region even more.

“In the end, it is always the old story that has been at the heart of the EU, which is cooperation that brings peace to all. Everyone from the region was delighted to be in Berlin today, 8 years after the Berlin process started in this building. Angela Merkel was right, if today we have a united region at a very complicated moment in history for Europe and the Euro-Atlantic community, the public secret is the Berlin process. When we met for the first time we had not met each other, while already that’s what we all want to do.

I want to thank Scholz for his commitment to excellent hospitality for the wonderful German reception and recently for entrusting Albania and me to host the next summit of the Berlin process in our wonderful country. I hope that what was discussed today and carefully noted in the Chancellor’s notes will see progress at the next summit in Tirana, starting from the energy crisis where we feel that we are not left aside, that we are not alone. Just a few days ago, Ursula brought with her in the Balkans, a significant financial support to start it, it is not the last.

We are seeing progress in the interconnection part, this is not related to the interconnection of our infrastructure and roads in our country, but it is related to the interconnection of the region with Europe and vice versa. We hope to see progress on the digital side. Today we are also dealing with cyber security and we want to see things go the right way. How to integrate as quickly as possible for our universities and how we can have a greater presence from Germany and other developed countries in the private sector. What we signed today is very important. These agreements were 3, of which we had been waiting for 2-3 years. They were blocked. The chancellor worked hard to get them signed.

It is very important that everyone is involved in this framework of 3 agreements. It seems a bit alienating for the people of Kosovo that they cannot move freely in the region when it comes to the EU and I hope it will be resolved as soon as possible”, said Rama.

/Klara Ruci/