ELBASAN, March 16/ATA/-The attraction of the French investors in Elbasan, especially in the area of the former metallurgical combine, was at the focus of the meeting between Elbasani Mayor Qazim Sejdini and the ambassador of France to Albania Christina Vasak.
Vasak was in Elbasani city in central Albania in the context of some activities organized on occasion of Albania’s Francophone Spring, an annual traditional event celebrating French culture in several Albanian cities throughout March.
“France aims at promotion of cooperation with Albania, improvement of its image and supporting it on the way toward accession into the European Union”, the ambassador said during the meeting.
On his part, Mayor Sejdini focused on investments in Elbasan saying that a French factory is being opened in the city that will employ 180 local workers.
After the meeting, the mayor said that they had talked on attraction of the investors and creation of the conditions for entrepreneurs to invest in Elbasan.
It was the first official visit of the French ambassador to Elbasani, the city she had seen for the first time 30 years ago. She congratulated the mayor for the extraordinary transformation that Elbasani has undergone./m.m//e.caushi/p.s./
