TIRANA, June 13 /ATA/- Prime Minister Edi Rama held a meeting on Sunday with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Brussels.
Rama and Blinklen signed a cooperation agreement for the coordination of 5G technology between the USA and Albania.
After signing of the agreement, Secretary Blinken thanked PM Rama saying that he is setting ‘a very strong example to the others for the most technology-sensitive networks’.
“Mr. Prime Minister, thank you very much for being here today, but more importantly, thank you for the work we have done together. I think you are setting a very strong example for others today of the need to make sure that when it comes to the most technology-sensitive networks we have, we work with trusted vendors”.
“This is a very important message and a very strong message to share with others”, he said.
“And most importantly, we are grateful for the work that the United States and Albania have done together in many different areas, including the ‘Deffender 21’ exercise that has been accomplished so successfully”, Blinken said.
The U.S. Secretary of State further stated that, “We look forward to you taking your place at the UN Security Council. We have a lot of good work to do there as well and in all aspects this partnership is getting stronger and deeper and we greatly appreciate your leadership in doing this”.
Blinken said that, “You are setting a very good example and we are grateful to have you as a partner and ally”.
On his part, Prime Minister Edi Rama said that, “For us in Albania, it is a very important moment, because as I believe you know, we have undertaken this initiative for several years now asking others, countries in the region to become part of it. And together we make efforts for a secure communication corridor and to put this communication corridor of very critical services in the hands of the citizens of Albania, of the Albanian institutions and of the security forces and not to allow it to be compromised by third actors, who are sometimes malicious actors.
Therefore, it is always a pride for Albania to stand by your side. And to be on the side of the USA forever. So thank you very much for this and I hope that together, we can convince other friends in the region to become part of this”,- stated PM Rama./e.xhajanka / /a.g/p.s./
