Prime Minister Rama said that “this whole lecture from you in this building is quite an impressive blow given that you repeated it many times. The violation consists in the fact that Zelenseky will speak in front of the members of the Council. There is a solution to this: you stop the war and President Zelensky will not deliver his speech.”

“What makes it important for all of us to listen to and then discuss it comes from something you did, not us,” said Rama.

The Russian ambassador said that “I want to draw your attention that today you are acting as the president of the Security Council and you are not speaking in your national capacity as a representative of Albania. Your scope is to hold a meeting, as sanctioned in the Security Council, instead of making political assessments in your capacity as chairman of the Security Council”.

“I just replied after you addressed me as the Albanian Prime Minister and after you continued to say incorrect things regarding the procedure here,” Rama said.
If you don’t want me to answer you in the capacity of the Prime Minister of Albania, don’t provoke me as such”.

Further, the ambassador said that “Mr. chairman, I addressed you only as the president of the Security Council, at no time did I address you as the Prime Minister of Albania, we are engaged in a procedural dialogue with you, not in an substantial dialogue, please refrain from political remarks in the initial statements for the Council”.

“It was you who spoke about NATO, about the fact that Albania is in NATO. This has nothing to do with my role as chairman of the Council”, said Rama.
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