TIRANA, February 15 /ATA/ Prime Minister Edi Rama said today that during the meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, “We discussed about cooperation in the Security Council, bilateral relations, the region, the progress of reforms in Albania.”
In an interview with “Voice of America”, Rama said that, “I believe that we touch on all topics that are important for this relationship, including the topic of being together in the NATO alliance.”
Regarding the role of Albania in the Security Council, Rama said that “This is a well-known process in the tradition of the Security Council where two countries come together to address one or two specific files and the US proposed us this co-penholding on Ukraine. We accepted it with pleasure and responsibility and of course this gives us the opportunity to play a special role in the Security Council.”
Asked if Albania is expected to present a resolution on the issue of Ukraine, PM Rama said that, “This is not an issue of Albania, this is already an issue of the whole world, of the United Nations and the Security Council, definitely in this process we will be side by side with the USA. Of course, to be fully realistic, the decision-making belongs to the United States.”
To the question if there are Albanian citizens in Ukraine and if they have left that country, Rama answered that, “The Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs of Albania has taken all the necessary measures that has considered reasonable. There are some Albanian nationals who are part of the OSCE monitoring mission and who will continue to stay there.”/p.s./
