The President of Kosovo, Vjosa Osmani Sadriu, started her two-day visit to Albania.
The official welcome ceremony was held at the headquarters of the Albanian President at 10:00, followed by a tête-à-tête meeting between the two presidents.
 President Bajram Begaj declared in a press conference that “Albania strongly supports Kosovo’s aspirations for Euro-Atlantic integration and no one should wonder why Kosovo is a national priority of Albania”.

“This has been and remains the motto of every citizen in Albania, so I once again reaffirmed the Albanian state’s support for Kosovo everywhere, in every regional and international forum”, said Begaj.

“During the meeting with President Osmani, the main attention was focused on strengthening the further deepening of the strategic partnership in all aspects. I underlined that Albania-Kosovo relations should always be good and we should be guided by the national interest to boost cooperation at all levels, political, economic, social and cultural, as well as to advance in the Euro-Atlantic integration progress”, underlined Begaj.

The head of state said that “the strategic character between our two states is of inalienable importance and with a unique role for stability, security, sustainable development and the Euro-Atlantic perspective of the entire region”.

“We paid more attention to the further development of economic cooperation between the two countries. I expressed my satisfaction that Kosovo has gradually and naturally become a very important partner for Albania,”Begaj was quoted as saying.

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