TIRANA, April 24 /ATA/-Albania received support for its European prospect at the Conference of Speakers of the EU Parliaments held in Tallinn, Estonia.
Speaker of the Assembly of Albania Gramoz Ruçi attended the conference. He was accompanied by Chairperson of the ruling Socialist Party Parliamentary group Taulant Balla.
On the sidelines of the conference, Ruçi and Balla held meetings with Speaker of the Parliament of Austria Wolfgang Sobotka and Speaker of the Parliament of Czech Republic Radek Vondráček.
Czech Speaker Vondráček said that his country supports Albania in its European journey. He added that the Viscegrad Group countries are in favour of Albania opening the EU accession negotiations.
“I am aware of the progress of justice reform in Albania and its first results are spectacular”, said Speaker of Czech Parliament.
Ruçi and Vondráček emphasized the need to intensify further the bilateral relations in the political, economic and trade aspect.
While Speaker of Austria’s Parliament Sobotka said to Speaker Ruçi that the EC recommendation for Albania opening the EU accession negotiations is the result of the country’s commitment to meeting the five key priorities.
On his part, Ruçi highlighted Albania’s justice reform and the vetting process that is yielding the first results./a.g/p.s./
