TIRANA, September 20 /ATA/ Speaker of the Assembly Lindita Nikolla met today with Speaker of the Assembly of Kosovo Glauk Konjufca who is on an official visit to the Assembly of Albania.
Nikolla emphasized that, “Today’s meeting is a reconfirmation of the excellent and fraternal cooperation between the two countries and between the two Assemblies. The intensive and productive cooperation between the Assembly of Albania and the Assembly of Kosovo, during this legislature, has been materialized in 18 working visits, in Pristina and Tirana, the Round-Table of Chairmen of Parliamentary Commissions and the cooperation between permanent delegations in international organizations”.
“Beginning from today, this cooperation will also be supported by the Memorandum of Cooperation between the Assembly of Albania and the Assembly of Kosovo. The purpose of the Memorandum is to create a common framework for cooperation and support between the Assembly of the Republic of Albania and the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo, for improving the quality of Parliamentary activity in accordance with the best European practices; implementation of the agreements reached in the meetings between the two governments, the strengthening of cooperation between the two Assemblies on issues of EU integration processes and cooperation with NATO, representation in international organizations and other issues of common interest”, said Nikola.
“The Assembly of Albania positively assessed the correct stance of the Assembly, the Government and institutions of Kosovo and the progress of Kosovo in the international arena: the continuation of the dialogue with Serbia with the mediation of the EU and the United States of America. It welcomes the agreement on free movement between Kosovo and Serbia, as a promising step towards the continuation of the dialogue, and supports and appreciates the advancement with the agenda of Euro-Atlantic integration reforms and all the achievements of Kosovo in the internal and international plan”, she emphasized.
Nikolla acquainted the leaders of the Assembly of Kosovo with the content of the resolution “On the unfounded claims for illegal trafficking of human organs in Kosovo and Albania”, approved by the Assembly of Albania on July 21, 2022 and underlined that Albania reaffirms its unwavering will to help justice and to support every effort aimed at discovering the truth while this initiative is a meaningful expression of this will.
On his part, Speaker of the Assembly of Kosovo Glauk Konjufca thanked Nikolla for the intensive and productive cooperation that we have built during this legislature. We thank the Assembly, the Government and the institutions of Albania for their determined stance in support of Kosovo, for coordinating the work to face our big and difficult challenges, which you also consider Albania’s challenges: the liberalization of visas, the acceptance of Kosovo in the Council of Europe, increasing international recognition”.
During the meeting, there was signed the Cooperation Memorandum between the Assembly of Albania and the Assembly of Kosovo./j.p/p.s./
