TIRANA, Jan 19 /ATA/ –By I. Vata/ – The Assembly Speaker Lindita Nikolla is paying an official visit to Lisbon at the invitation of the President of the Assembly of the Republic of Portugal Augusto Santos Silva.
At the meeting with her Portuguese counterpart, Parliament Speaker Nikolla expressed gratitude for Portugal’s support for Albania’s European Union membership bid, especially when Portugal held the rotating Presidency of the Council of Europe in 2021.
“Portugal’s Cravinho was the first Foreign Minister to visit Albania immediately after the country had the accession talks opened. The two countries have established close and friendly cooperation,” Nikolla said.
Nikolla also expressed gratitude for Portugal’s assistance to cope with the effects of the devastating earthquake that hit Albania on November 26, 2019.
Parliament Speaker also praised Portugal’s approach to integration of the Western Balkan region in the EU.
The two countries can expand economic cooperation in areas like the digitalization, tourism, environment, sustainable development, creative industries and labour market.
Nikolla called for support for Kosovo’s bid to join the Council of Europe and the motion for the Albanian Assembly Resolution on the Dick Marty Report.
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