TIRANA, May 4 /ATA/ – Prime Minister Edi Rama told reporters on Wednesday that his governing Socialist Party was open to cross-party discussions on election of the new head of state who would be acceptable to all parties.
Speaking to reporters following a meeting of the SP’s chairmanship, Rama said that cross-party talks have started to come up with a candidate for the country’s next President, who would be acceptable to all parties.
“According to the information provided by our special group of representatives, the official talks are underway with the opposition and other parties in the Assembly of Albania in an effort to identify a candidate who would earn a broader consensus than our parliamentary majority,” the government head said.
PM Rama also said that he will attend the international donors’ conference for Ukraine due to be held in Warsaw on Thursday.
Answering to reporters about the request forwarded by Ukrainian President Volodymir Zelensky to close the Albania’s ports to Russian vessels and limit the number of Russian tourists Albania hosts, PM Rama said: “Our decisions are always in line with the decisions announced by the European Union. At the moment, the EU hasn’t come up with a unified decision and as long as no unified decision is in place, we will continue to operate the same way we’ve operated the previous years. It’s very simple: if the EU announces a decision, we will align with it.”
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