TIRANA, Jan 23 /ATA/ – The European Union-Albania Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee (SAPC) held its 17 meeting on Monday in Brussels, co-chaired by Mr Manolis Kefalogiannis on behalf of the European Parliament Delegation and Toni Gogu on behalf of the Albanian Parliament Delegation that also included lawmakers Jorida Tabaku, Pandeli Majko, Arben Pëllumbi, Enslemvera Zake, Etjen Xhafaj, Niko Kuri, Lavdrim Krashi, Gazment Bardhi, Saimir Korreshi, Zheni Gjergji, Arbi Agalliu and Orjola Pampuri.
The Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Igli Hasani also attended the meeting.
Senior representatives of important European institutions hailed Albania’s progress in advancing EU integration reforms and the results achieved of the justice reform.
The meeting highlighted the results achieved by the independent justice bodies and encouraged Albania to consolidate the reform results.
It commended Albania for concluding successfully the screening process by mobilizing significant resources engaged actively in this process by Chief negotiator and the reformed EU negotiation structures, as the first and crucial step ahead of the opening of the accession negotiations.
The meeting discussed the Growth Plan for the Western Balkans proposed by the European Commission, as the most efficient tool for the region to gradually benefit from greater access to the EU single market and narrow the economic development gap with the EU.
The meeting approved draft recommendations of the European Union-Albania Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee.
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