TIRANA, June 28/ATA/-Albania and Kosovo will cooperate and exchange experience in the context of the European integration process.
A delegation of the Committee on Legal Affairs, Public Administration and Human Rights headed by Chair of the Committee Ulsi Manja paid a two-day visit to the Assembly of Kosovo.
The Albanian delegation held its first meeting with members of the Committee on Legislation, Mandates, Immunity, Parliament’s Rules of Procedure and Supervision against Corruption. The Chairperson of this Committee Albulena Haxhiu informed the delegation with the work done in the context of fight against corruption and organized crime and highlighted some legal initiatives that this committee has undertaken.
On his part, Manja made a presentation of the work done by the Committee on Legal Affairs and focused on justice reform in Albania.
Both chairpersons considered important cooperation and exchange of positive experience. In this context, the two sides will set up joint working groups to identify the needs and prepare a strategy and a common action plan.
Likewise, they emphasized the need of stepping up the supervisory role of the parliaments in monitoring implementation of joint agreements concluded by the governments of the two countries.
At the end of the meeting, it was also signed a memorandum of cooperation.
The memorandum aims at cooperation on issues of common interest and especially exchange of experience in fight against corruption and justice reform.
Albanian Parliamentary delegation held meetings even at the Committee of Public Administration, Local Governance and Media and Committee on Human Rights, Gender Equality, Missing Persons and Petitions. During these meetings, the two sides discussed on issues of common interest.
Albanian Parliamentary delegation held a meeting with Justice Minister Abelard Tahiri at the end of their Kosovo visit.
They exchanged experience and views on issues of reform of judiciary and especially about evaluation of judges and prosecutors and functioning of judicial and prosecution councils./m.m/p.s./
