The 8th joint meeting of the two governments Albania-Kosovo is being held in Pristina. Prime Minister Albin Kurti stated that within 6 months,  12 agreements have been implemented and another agreement will enter into force soon. As regards the agreements that will be signed in this 8th meeting between the two governments, Kurti stressed out that their goal is to facilitate the lives of citizens.

“We are always one, now moving from one meeting to another, we seem to turn optimism into enthusiasm. This meeting comes 6 months after the last meeting, where 13 agreements were signed. I am pleased to announce that all agreements have been implemented, except one which is expected to enter into force very soon. The agreements that will be signed today are aimed at facilitating the lives of citizens. It is a feature of these meetings to speak the language of the results, our expectations are realistic. We are left with the determination of the speeds of realization, and we believe that after 6 months we will have the next results “, said Kurti.

The project for the Albanian encyclopedia was the keynote address of Prime Minister Rama at the meeting of the two governments. The head of the Albanian government said that the unified ABC book will be in every country where there are Albanians, while he added that he will be in contact with the Prime Ministers of Montenegro and Serbia for this primer book to be in these two countries as well.

Rama further focused on the project for the Port of Durrës, which according to him is of strategic importance as it has an integrated Durrës-Pristina railway.

“Today I am very glad that we came together with representatives of the prestigious company to present the study of the port of Durres, which actually extends from Durres to Pristina with the host port in Durres, and the dry port of Pristina, which is a project of strategic importance that has the Durrës-Prishtina railway integrated within it. “We believe that by jointly pushing this large project of the Dry Port of Prishtina and Durrës integrated with the railway, for which we have started contacts with NATO, we are in a different situation for the next 10 years”, said Rama.

The Prime Minister also focused on investments, where he announced that there are over 1000 Kosovar businesses in Albania. He added that investments have increased from 9 million euros in 2017, to 139 million euros in 2021.

“The second thing I want to bring to your attention is that today in Albania there are over 1000 registered businesses from Kosovo. 1081 are 100% owned by Kosovo. Kosovo investments in Albania in 2017, 9 million euros. In 2021, 139 million euros. It is a very significant figure, the last one I want to bring to your attention is the investment flow in the highest historical value has been 16 mln Euros of 2018. While we are at 41 mln Euros in 2021. An extremely important indicator. We have the opportunity to intensify and increase the volume of mutual investments. I want to remind the interior ministers that we have a protocol signed in April”, said Prime Minister Rama.

/Klara Ruci/