TIRANA, October 13 /ATA/ Prime Minister Edi Rama received today President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, who is on a visit to Albania in context of the first “European Union-Western Balkans” Investment Forum that is taking place on October 13-14.
“Today, with the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen”, Rama wrote in a post in the social media while sharing the main moments of the visit of the senior European Union official.
During the joint press conference with President von der Leyen, PM Rama praised the support of the European Commission with Albania’s European integration process.
Rama highlighted von der Leyen beginning from Albania the tour to our region, but also the meeting in Tirana of the Investment Conference between the EU and the Western Balkans, which is organized for the first time and which hosts a considerable number of enterprises from the entire region.
The prime minister emphasized that this forum aims to become a tradition in the coming years.
Rama praised the fact that President von der Leyen and the current Commission pay special attention to the process of approximation of our countries with the European Union.
On her part, Ursula von der Leyen said that Albania has made remarkable progress on the path towards integration into the European Union.
Von der Leyen praised the work done by the Albanian government and stressed that she supports the ambition of PM Rama to close the EU accession negotiation clusters by the end of 2027.
Von der Leyen stressed that Albania is fully in line with the foreign and security policy of the European Union.
Further on, the President of the EC stressed that the Albanian economy has gained access to the common market and new EU investments. /gj.m/j.p/p.s./
