TIRANA, June 13 /ATA/- The election of Albania for the first time as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council is a landmark in the history of Albanian diplomacy.
At the same time, this is a great achievement for the Western Balkans, which has been previously represented in the most important decision-making institution in the world only once and never in the last ten years.
The only country out of the six Western Balkan countries that has served in this capacity is Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the period 2010-2011.
Before Bosnia, one has to go as far back as in 1973 to find another representative of the region, at that time Yugoslavia.
Albania’s voice in the UN Security Council will be important for the Balkans to accelerate the process of EU accession and historic reconciliation between our countries.
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