TIRANA, July 25 /ATA/ Mayor of Tirana Erion Veliaj received the outgoing ambassador of Qatar in Tirana Ali bin Hamad Al Marri and presented him with the “Key to the City” as an expression of gratitude for his contribution and cooperation.
The head of the municipality expressed his gratitude to the ambassador of Qatar, stressing that he will be remembered for the “Schools, kindergartens, for the aid we distributed in the days of the earthquake and the pandemic, for the vaccines, for all the organizations we did around the World Cup in Qatar, for the sports days we celebrated, for the help he gave us for the Year of the Youth and for this year when Tirana is the European City of Sport.”
“And finally the excellent news of the Qatar Square we will have at the end of the New Boulevard, a donation of 11 million euros from the Qatari government, ”said Veliaj.
On his part, Qatar’s ambassador in Tirana Ali bin Hamad Al Marri thanked Veliaj for the fruitful cooperation that Qatar and Tirana have achieved.
“During my 5-year mandate in Tirana, I have found an open door of cooperation, thanks to the mayor of Tirana, through whom we have done a lot of good work, and I am very happy that this cooperation has yielded tangible results. In difficult days, we stood by each other, whether during the earthquake or during the pandemic. Even on good days, we have always stayed together; we had the opportunity to speed up the final project of the New Boulevard. I can’t help, but be proud that during my mandate the projects were also approved”, said the ambassador. /r.e/p.s./
