TIRANA, May 4/ATA/-In Australia, mainly in Melbourne, live a considerable number of Albanian nationals and half of them speak Albanian because our country pays importance to protection of identity of the communities, said Secretary on Immigration and Multicultural Policies Richard Johnson to Albania’s Minister on Diaspora Pandeli Majko.
On his part, Majko positively assessed Australia’s policy on emigrants and expressed grateful thanks for the support to the Albanian community in particular.
Further on, Majko met with representatives of the Albanian community in Sydney.
Saying that Albanian Diaspora in Australia is among the most integrated while the Albanian was included in the school curricula, the minister spoke about new ways of attracting the young generation toward the Albanian culture and language.
He paid special attention to the project of issuing books online that would make it easier the approach to the Albanian language in the distant Australia.
The representatives of the Albanian community in Australia expressed an interest in Majko’s plan for enabling teaching of the Albanian online through engagement of qualified teachers. They also discussed on the summer schools as a way for the young generation to get to know the history and culture of their country of origin./gj.mima/ /a.g/p.s./
