TIRANA, December 1/ATA/ Albania’s Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Olta Xhaçka attended meeting of the North Atlantic Council, in the level of Ministers of Foreign Affairs, in Riga, Latvia.
Attending the event was also the US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.
Xhaçka highlighted in her speech the special significance of full Euro-Atlantic integration.
She also called for the Western Balkans to be the focus of NATO’s strategic concept.
“The region owes a lot to NATO intervention. But, today it is time to go one step further by including the Western Balkans in the Strategic Concept 2022, while sending a strong signal against all those powers that are trying to sabotage Euro-Atlantic integration, inciting instability and instability through hybrid tactics. “, said Xhaçka among other things.
The foreign ministers of the allied countries addressed issues of significance to Euro-Atlantic security by making an assessment of the security environment, including the situation on the borders of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Belarus. The ministers also discussed on the issue of Russian military reinforcements in and around Ukraine.
Minister Xhaçka’s visit to Latvia follows the 6th Mediterranean Union Forum held in Barcelona earlier this week.
On Wednesday afternoon, the Albanian chief diplomat will travel to Sweden, where the 28th Ministerial of the OSCE Council will be held. /m.m/j.p/p.s./
