TIRANA, Jan 11 /ATA/ On the occasion of Sweden’s takeover of the rotating EU Council Presidency from the Czech Republic, the Swedish ambassador in Tirana, Elsa Håstad, hosted on Wednesday a reception at the “House of Europe.”
Minister of State for Relations with the Parliament, Elisa Spiropali, who was present in the ceremony, said in a post on social media that, “the main priorities of the Swedish Presidency are security, enlargement, competition, environmental and energy transformation, democratic values and the rule of law.”
“Safer, freer and greener Europe!,” she emphasized.
While the ambassador of the European Union in Tirana, Christiane Hohmann, in a post on social media, thanked the Czech Republic for their hard work during the Presidency of the EU Council, and wished Sweden a successful Presidency.
“Thank you Czech Republic for all your hard work during the EU Council Presidency! Congratulations to Sweden for a successful Presidency of the Council of the EU in these daring times for Europe. Looking forward to working together for your ambitious agenda for our Union,” she writes.
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