TIRANA, Nov 13 /ATA/ During his visit to Italy, Justice Minister Besfort Lamallari, as part of the joint meeting between the Albanian and Italian governments, also held a meeting with his Italian counterpart, Carlo Nordio.
Lamallari and Nordio focused on strengthening bilateral relations, especially in the area of international judicial collaboration.
The meeting also addressed the support Italy can provide to Albania regarding legislative reforms of the Penal Code and the Code of Criminal Proceedings, as well as Albania’s efforts to rehabilitate and reintegrate inmates within the penal institutions.
“We highly value the partnership with our neighboring Italy, its extraordinary contribution to strengthening the rule of law, upholding justice, and its unwavering advocacy for Albania’s European Union integration,” emphasized Lamallari in a social media post.
Albania and Italy further strengthened their partnership today in key areas, exchanging a series of agreements and memoranda of understanding as part of the first intergovernmental meeting between the two countries held in Rome.
The Council of Ministers of the Republic of Albania and the Government of the Republic of Italy signed agreements on strategic cooperation in the fields of healthcare, energy, environment, security and defense industry, migration management, education, innovation, diaspora, economic transformation, and smart growth.
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