TIRANA, February 16/ATA/ U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Albanian President Bajram Begaj, Prime Minister Edi Rama, and members of the government during his historic visit to Albania yesterday.
The US Embassy in Tirana provided today details of Secretary Blinken’s meetings during his visit in Tirana.
Secretary Blinken asserted that Albania is key to dealing with so many of the challenges we face and that we can most effectively deal with together.
The Secretary thanked Albania for its hospitality hosting Afghans, and its support of Ukraine at the United Nations Security Council, and for its support for Ukraine against Russia’s horrific, unprovoked invasion.
He noted that business ties continue to grow and discussed the need to continue strengthening independent justice reform as a crucial part of boosting economic growth and EU accession efforts.
At the trip’s conclusion, the Secretary and Foreign Minister Igli Hasani signed two Memorandums of Understanding on the Framework to Counter Foreign State Information Manipulation and on the Fulbright Academic Exchange program./p.s./
