At the joint press conference in Tirana with the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Rama emphasized that we are cognizant of our capacities and we are quite aware that what Ukraine needs is the support and help of everyone, but first of all the support of the biggest and the rich countries in our democratic community.

“We are worried to see how this aid sometimes stalls, that Ukraine turns into a matter of internal politics of one country or another, or of lengthy bureaucratic delays,” said Rama.

“But if democracies have their own procedures and democracies are more difficult and complex to work and bring results, on the other hand, we have an aggressor who does not stop striking for even a second and in his attempt to annex even more territory, mercilessly taking the lives of innocent people and continuing to destroy Ukraine and make it very difficult for families, women and children to live a normal life,” said Rama.

The Prime Minister said that “we hear with a very disturbed feeling many people all over Europe say that helping and supporting Ukraine, giving it the means to defend its nation and country only fuels the war”.

“They claim that stopping the supply of arms to Ukraine will bring peace. This is not only cynical but also senseless. Because you don’t stop the war by disarming the victim, but by stopping the aggressor,” said Rama.

“That’s why I avail myself of the opportunity to tell everyone who wants to listen that Ukraine deserves to be supported and helped with all the necessary means to resist and ensure that peace achieved after this war will be a just peace that is mainly based on the principles of President Zelenskyy’s 10-point plan, which we support and want to see endorsed in a serious way by all nations”, said Rama.
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