Foreign Minister Hasani praised OSCE’s role in supporting regional commitment and reiterated Albania’s firm support to the vital work of OSCE in promoting peace and security.

Albanian diplomacy chief underlined that OSCE remains a reliable and fundamental partner for Albania and its people and OSCE in Albania has a long-lasting contribution in the country’s reform path.

Earlier today, Hasani met with the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Ghada Waly, and the Executive Secretary of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO), Robert Floyd.

Foreign Minister praised role of Ghada Waly and UNODC in fighting corruption and transnational organized crime. He also voiced Albania’s readiness to join the new UNODC Regional Programme.

At the meeting with the CTBTO chief Robert Floyd, Foreign Minister Hasani reiterated Albania’s steadfast support for the disarmament agenda, and expressed the country’s commitment to working closely with CTBTO to ensure universal adherence to and full implementation of the treaty on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons.

On the second day of his visit to Vienna, the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs is scheduled to hold talks with his Austrian counterpart Alexander Schallenberg, and senior representatives of parliament.

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