TIRANA, March 2 /ATA/-By Maela Marini/ – Prime Minister Edi Rama said Friday in opening remarks of the Open Balkan Leaders’ Summit that it is important for all countries in the region to join the initiative and the leaders of the member countries would seriously consider inviting other significant countries in the region – Greece, Italy, Turkey and Hungary – to join the regional initiative.
The Premier stated that the Open Balkan initiative no longer needs to seek justification for its existence.
“The Open Balkan initiative no longer needs to seek justification for its existence, nor do we need to explain anymore, it now speaks for itself and those who have a vision for the future and want to see and hear us, will understand that,” Rama said.
He said representatives of Greece and Italy had been invited to the summit but had been unable to attend, and added that they would certainly be invited to the next summit in Tirana.
“We will seriously consider sending invitations to other partners and EU countries and no one should be jealous of us,” PM Rama said, adding that “the foreign affairs ministers of Turkey and the EU country – Hungary, are attending the summit in Belgrade today, as well as the US ambassador in Belgrade, Christopher Hill, is also here,” he said.
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