03.07.2021 – 16:14
The spokesman of the President of Turkey, ıbrahim Kalın paid a visit to Tirana where he met with the Prime Minister Edi Rama. The focus of this meeting was the bilateral relations between the two countries, as he also announced a visit of the Turkish President, Recep Erdogan to Albania, but without specifying a concrete date.
“Today we had a meeting to talk about the preparations for a planned visit to Albania (refers to Erdogan’s visit). We had the opportunity to talk in detail about both bilateral relations and regional issues “, said Kalın, after the meeting with Prime Minister Edi Rama.
Referring to what the Turkish media write, the meeting also discussed the purchase of 3 super-intelligent drones from Turkey, as well as the reconstruction of houses destroyed by the November 26 earthquake financed by Erdogan. Asked about the approval of the additional budget by the Albanian parliament to buy drones from Turkey, Kalın said that the cooperation between the two countries in the field of defense industry is important and added that this cooperation will continue in order to support security, peace and stability of Albania.
“Peace and stability of Albania are both peace and stability and ours and peace and stability of the Balkans”, said Kalın.
He also mentioned the 500 apartments built in Albania after the earthquake, saying they are expected to be finalized in August and will be handed over to the owners.
“In the same way, in this pandemic period, especially in the context of cooperation in the field of health, a hospital was built here in a very short time, with the instructions of our president. We also had the opportunity to supply vaccines. “In the coming period, we will continue to deepen our cooperation with Albania in all these areas, including health,” said the spokesman of the Turkish Presidency.