The Albanian diplomat in Prishtina, Petrit Malaj, in an interview for KosovaPress, underscored that Albania strongly supports Kosovo for the implementation of the basic agreement and will continue to play its role to promote peace, stability and cooperation and demands from Kosovo the establishment of the Association of municipalities with a Serbian majority.

He also talked about the relations between Albania and Kosovo, the implementation of the agreements reached between these two countries, as well as the Durrës-Prishtina railway and its impact in the economic aspect in the future. 

For the normalization of Kosovo-Serbia relations, the new ambassador of Albania in Kosovo, Petrit Malaj, emphasizes that Kosovo must take steps to work on the draft statute presented in October by the Euro-American emissaries.

Ambassador Malaj has emphasized that relations between Kosovo and Albania in political terms are considered to be among the best possible since the declaration of independence in 2008, underlining that over 50 agreements signed between the two Albanian governments have already started to be implemented.

As for the Prishtina – Durrës railway, a month ago the winning company was announced which will carry out the feasibility study for the railway line, which is expected to have an important impact on the economy of the two countries, Kosovo-Albania.

Meanwhile, as far as the trade relations between Kosovo and Albania are concerned, Malaj says that Albania has increased its exports to Prishtina by 20 percent during 2023.

In the end, the Albanian diplomat also spoke about tourism, who emphasized that Kosovo Albanians, in addition to expressing a great love for Albania, also want their finances from summer vacation expenses to remain on the Albanian coast.

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