The Socialist Party lawmaker Etilda Gjonaj said that she and other Albanian MPs are visiting Washington DC, where they were received by Director for the Congressional Research Service, Mary Mazanec, and the head of the Projections Unit; Budget Analysis Division at Congressional Budget Office, Christi Hawley Anthony.

Socialist lawmaker said the visit was fruitful and the experience will serve to apply it in the Albanian context in the functioning of the Parliamentary Institute.

“During  visit to Washington DC, the Albanian parliament delegation was received by the President of NDI, Dereck J. Mitchell, who during the meeting congratulated the expressed political will of the parliamentary groups and the active engagement of lawmakers, members of the Governing Council for the establishment and further strengthening of the Parliamentary Institute in Albania,” Gjonaj said.

The Albanian parliament delegation also held a meeting with the representative congresswoman, Lisa McClain, co-chair of the Parliamentary Group for Albanian Affairs in the US House of Representatives.

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