Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Andis Salla, held a productive meeting with Caroline Boeshertz, Head of Unit A5 for Bilateral International Relations at DG SANTE (European Commission’s Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety), and her team.

The discussion focused on challenges and concrete steps to meet the requirements of Chapter 12 – Food Safety, a key chapter in Albania’s EU accession process.

Minister Salla stressed the importance of this chapter for integration and highlighted the government’s full commitment to provide all institutional and technical capacities to align Albania’s standards with the European Union.

DG SANTE confirmed its support for Albania and expressed readiness to strengthen technical cooperation by enhancing human capacities and implementing a joint work plan to ensure sustainable progress toward EU integration.

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