TIRANA, July 11 /ATA/ – Albania’s contribution as part of North Atlantic Alliance is valued, the Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama stated.
This was the message posted Wednesday by Albanian Prime Minister, Edi Rama on social networks, while he is attending the NATO summit taking place in Brussels.
According to him, this positive assessment has come “thanks to the increase of the defence budget, a 13% rate of participation of our troops in joint fronts and the active participation in the fight against terrorism and violent extremism”.
“Praising the deal reached between Athens and Skopje, Albania supports the launch of procedures for the accession of the Republic of North Macedonia in the NATO,” the Albanian PM added.
During his stay in Brussels, the head of the Albanian government also, held a meeting with the NATO’s Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg.
The leaders of 29 NATO Allies and many partner nations will meet in Brussels on Wednesday and Thursday (11 and 12 July 2018) for a Summit at the Alliance’s new headquarters. Together, they will take decisions to strengthen NATO’s deterrence and defence, step up in the fight against terrorism, and achieve fairer burden-sharing. //a.i/
