President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, was received at the Mother Teresa Airport by Minister for Relations with the Parliament Elisa Spiropali and the EU’s charge d’affaires in Tirana, Luigi Soreca.

Spiropali has announced the arrival of Von Der Leyen in Tirana on social media.

“It was a great pleasure welcoming the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, today in Tirana, in the framework of the Berlin Process Summit. This summit is another important international event for Albania, which takes place for the first time outside the borders of the EU, with the participation of 6 prime ministers of the region, leaders of EU member states as well as high-level representatives and international organizations of over 25 countries”, writes Spiropali.

President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, will be received on Sunday by President of the Republic Bajram Begaj and Prime Minister Edi Rama thereafter.

The Berlin Process is an initiative designed to increase regional cooperation in the Western Balkans and provide assistance in the integration of the regional countries into the European Union.

It was launched on August 28, 2014, by German Chancellor Angela Merkel. The goals of the Process were laid down in the Final Declaration by the German Presidency: “Making additional real progress in the reform process, in resolving outstanding bilateral and internal issues and in achieving reconciliation within and between societies in the region,” as well as increasing “regional economic cooperation and laying the foundations for sustainable growth.”

The Berlin Process is being developed with the support of the European Commission, international financial institutions and the member states involved in the Process – Austria, Croatia, France, Germany, Italy, Slovenia and the United Kingdom together with the countries of the Western Balkans. It is an additional support for the institutional process of EU integration of the states, based on the approval of the acquis-communautaire.
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