TIRANA, April 23 /ATA/ – The Speaker of the Assembly, Gramoz Ruçi, and the Chairman of the Socialist Party parliamentary group, Taulant Balla, attended the Conference of Speakers of the EU Parliaments in Tallinn, Estonia.
The visit aimed at gaining support for opening the EU accession talks with Albania.
The Swedish Parliament Speaker, Urban Ahlin, affirmed at a meeting with Albanian Parliament Speaker, Gramoz Ruçi, that Sweden and Scandinavian countries support opening the accession talks with Albania.
Parliament Speaker also held a meeting with the President of the Dutch Senate, Ankie Broekers-Knol.
The Conference of Speakers of the Speakers of the national parliaments of the European Union Member States and candidate countries comes shortly after the European Commission’s recommendation to open the EU accession negotiations with Albania and it represents an important opportunity to gain support from the Parliaments of EU member states for Albania’s bid to join the bloc.
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