(Tirana)
Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Albania voices commitment to Stability Pact, calls for Kosovo's independence
Text of report in English by Albanian news agency ATA
Tirana, 31 May: "Albania is totally committed to the Stability Pact", Deputy
Foreign Minister Edit Harxhi said during the proceedings of the Eleven
Stability Pact meeting. The meeting, which held its proceedings in Belgrade,
was attended by top officials from the region, the European Commission and
the donor countries.
According to an announcement on Wednesday [31 May] of the Foreign Ministry,
Harxhi in her speech "supported the initiatives taken for putting regional
responsibilities in the limelight in the activities of initiatives and
regional processes and the need of strengthening the coordinative role of
the pact, with intention to avoid duplications and the superposition of the
activities of regional multilateral initiatives".
Speaking on Kosova [Kosovo] issue, Harxhi said: "Albania hails the Stability
Pact's initiative to include Kosova in its projects as a partner with equal
rights in the region and wishes these initiatives proceed even in the
future." In regard to Kosova's status, Harxhi stressed that "the
independence will not only stabilize the region further, but it will also
ensure long-term peace, security and total cooperation in the region".
The participants in the meeting confirmed the European perspective of the
region, determining the integration into the EU as the final goal. One of
the topics where the meeting focused was the future of Stability Pact
responding to new developments in the region. The participants stressed the
need for the continuation of the process of taking greater responsibilities
from the countries of the region and the gradual passage of the Stability
Pact into a mechanism of greater regional profile. The meeting determined
the need of focusing regional cooperation on some main fields, such as
economic and social development, infrastructure, justice and internal
issues, cooperation in the field of security and building up of human
capacities.
The regional meeting decided the setting up of the Council of Regional
Cooperation, which will assume the responsibilities of the regional meeting
and of the pact's working meetings at the beginning of 2008. The meeting
acknowledged the considerable progress in the integration of Kosova into
regional activities and extended a call for the strengthening of this
connection in the future.
Source: ATA news agency, Tirana, in English 1712 gmt 31 May 06
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