TIRANA, April 26 /ATA/ – The Parliament Speaker Lindita Nikolla hosted Wednesday the members of friendship group in the French Senate, headed by the senator Pierre Ouzoulias, the head of the Friendship Group, and members Vivette Lopez, Lucien Stanzione and Jean-Michel Arnaud.
Speaker Nikolla praised the very good relations between Albania and France and the Strategic Partnership signed in March 2017 between the two countries.
“France has strategic importance for Albania and the region. We have relied on France’s assistant and support for Albania’s European path and we expect this support to continue during the accession talks. We welcome the French expertise for the reforms and membership negotiations. Albania and France are close partners in NATO also in the United Nations Security Council, contributing to peace and security,” Nikolla said.
The meeting also focused on ways to further boost parliamentary cooperation, expand bilateral ties, and cooperation with the International Organization of La Francophonie (OIF).
Nikolla reiterated Albania’s appeal for France’s support for Kosovo’s membership in the Council of Europe after the Committee of Ministers to forward the country’s bid to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
French Senate members reaffirmed France’s strong support for Albania’s EU membership and the Senate will promote bilateral cooperation to strengthen the rule of law, the fight against corruption and the organized crime, cooperation in fiscal policies, agriculture etc.
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