TIRANA, May 7 /ATA/ – OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger held Tuesday a meeting with the Speaker of the Albanian Parliament, Gramoz Ruçi accompanied by the Chairman of the Socialist parliamentary group, Taulant Balla, MP Fate Velaj and Albanian Ambassador to the OSCE Mission, Igli Hasani.
In his speech, Greminger stated that, “the new MPs should make contribution to country’s reforms as well as the electoral reform.”
OSCE Secretary General Greminger welcomed the resumption of the work of the Commission on the Electoral Reform, with the participation of new opposition MPs, who are filling the seats in the Assembly.
Secretary General Greminger thanked the Speaker of the Albanian Parliament, Ruçi for the close and productive cooperation between Albania and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and underlined that they will continue to further deepen cooperation during the OSCE Chairmanship in 2020.
During the meeting, Ruçi thanked OSCE Secretary General Greminger for the support provided to Albania for with regard to the OSCE Chairmanship in 2020 and for the excellent co-operation with the OSCE Secretariat and Institutions, such as ODHIR, OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, and in particular ODIHR readiness to monitor local elections of June 30th.//a.i/
