TIRANA, April 11/ATA/ Prime Minister Edi Rama stated today that following the increase in salaries for the Albanian Army, the Armed Forces are ranked among the well-paid in the region.
In a post on social networks, Rama mentioned as an example the soldier Andri Mija, who in 2022 had a salary of 65,500 ALL, in 2023 his salary will be 82,613 ALL, while in 2024 his salary will be 91,585 ALL.
He emphasized that the average salary in Albania almost doubles, reaching the historical peak of 900 Euros in 2024.
“The salaries of the Albanian Army were for a long time a reason to feel bad and we had no other way, but to move forward with persistence. Now, the conditions have changed a lot and our soldiers are no longer the last in the region for the level of their salaries, on the contrary, they have salaries among the highest and we will continue to increase towards the NATO average”, said Rama.
He said that the new salaries, thanks to which the average salary in Albania will almost double, reaching the historical peak of 900 Euros in 2024, are the fruit of a long effort, perseverance and great patience for difficult reforms and necessary measures for economy and finance, increase in income thanks to the growth of the economy, trade, public and private investments, increase in production and exports, modernization of the tax collection system through the computerization of real-time transactions, facilitating the increase in the speed of services for business thanks to their digitization, the strengthening of the state as a whole and the significant reduction of corruption in taxes and customs.
“But, above all, the new salaries are the fruit of our joint work, of every Albanian man and woman, who, in the state or in the private sector, contributes to the Albanian economy with his work”, wrote Rama./r.e/p.s./
