TIRANA, March 28/ATA/-The visiting Minister of Justice and Security of the Netherlands Ferdinand Grapperhaus said during a joint press conference with Justice Minister Etilda Gjonaj in Tirana that it’s the European Commission that has monitored developments in Albania from very close and by May it will issue the Progress Report.
Grapperhaus added that the Dutch Parliament will discuss on Albania opening the EU accession negotiations in June this year after the report.
Grapperhaus positively assessed the work of the government of Albania especially in regard to the justice reform which he described as a monumental undertaking of Albania.
“Albania’s justice reform implies that the government has been working seriously to meet the European Commission’s benchmarks”, said Grapperhaus.
While emphasizing that the Netherlands continuous to support the European future of Albania, the Dutch minister expressed the will to help Albania so that it advances with this rather impressive process. “What Albania has achieved during the last 30 years is really impressive as a democracy”.
He made evident the fact that during the recent years Albania has taken important steps forward and mentioned the new justice institutions that are being established.
« I encourage the government to continue to show tangible and constant results in this process”, said the Dutch minister.
Grapperhaus also highlighted the fact that way things go in Albania has got institutionalized.
“I had the pleasure of delivering a lecture at the School of Magistrates to 75 persons who by October will be part of the school. It was the best way of conveying the significance of institutionalization of the rule of law”, said Grapperhaus. /j.p/p.s./
