TIRANA, April  3 /ATA/ Prime Minister Edi Rama held a meeting on Monday in Verona with the Minister of Economic Development of Italy, Adolfo Urso.

In this meeting, Prime Minister Rama was accompanied by the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Frida Krifca, and the Deputy Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Besart Kadia.

Prime Minister Rama participated on Sunday in the largest wine fair in Europe “VinItaly,” where Albanian wine producers exhibited their products for the first time at the “Open Balkan” stand, alongside producers from Serbia and North Macedonia.

Albania was presented at this fair by the 20 best wine producers, who exhibited “Made in Albania” wines, already well-known brands in the international market where they have been exported for years.

In the framework of this fair, Prime Minister Rama, the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic and the Prime Minister of the Republic of North Macedonia, Dimitar Kovacevski held a meeting which was followed by a joint press conference, where they confirmed that the trade volume of 2022 among the countries of the “Open Balkans” has increased by 24.8%. /m.m/sm/