TIRANA, Dec 1 /ATA/ – By I. Vata/ – The Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Albania, Ambassador Luigi Soreca said during a visit to the coastal city of Durres on Sunday that the European Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenarčič will arrive on a two-day visit to Albania next week.
Speaking to reporters, Soreca said that “Commissioner Janez Lenarčič will be visiting Albania on Wednesday and Thursday to talk with relevant authorities on the post-earthquake situation in the country.”
“Today in Durres we met the 50 technical engineers from 6 different countries who are deployed on the ground in Albania in the framework of the EU Civil Protection Mechanism. They focus now on damage assessment on the buildings and infrastructures affected by the earthquake. Experts from Greece, Turkey, France, Italy, as well as from the United States have already arrived,” Soreca said.
“They will rapidly map all those assets which must be demolished and those who can be repaired. Great expertise and commitment by the EU on the ground to help the Albanian people who have so much suffered from the tragic earthquake,” Soreca said.
EU Ambassador Luigi Soreca, together with the Prime Minister Edi Rama, visited the city of Durres to closely inspect damages caused by the November 26 earthquake.
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