Rome, 9 Nov. (LaPresse) – Mr President, the experience of this historic fusion gives the Arbëreshë communities a significance that transcends the boundaries of individual territories, representing a natural bridge between Italy and Albania; countries united not only by history, but also by their shared commitment to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation and by Tirana’s ongoing accession process to the European Union, which the Italian Republic supports wholeheartedly. Italy will always regard the EU as incomplete until Albania and the other candidate countries join it – which I hope will happen very soon. This is a prospect that shapes the future of the peoples of the Western Balkans, for whom European integration represents a sure path to peace, freedom and progress.” So said the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, during a meeting with the President of the Republic of Albania, Bajram Begaj, and a delegation of mayors from municipalities whose territories are home to Arbëreshë communities.
Mattarella: “The EU would be incomplete without Albania and other candidate countries”
Rome, 9 Nov. (LaPresse) – Mr President, the experience of this historic fusion gives the Arbëreshë communities a significance that transcends the boundaries of individual territories, representing a natural bridge between Italy and Albania; countries united not only by history, but also by their shared commitment to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation and by Tirana’s ongoing accession process to the European Union, which the Italian Republic supports wholeheartedly. Italy will always regard the EU as incomplete until Albania and the other candidate countries join it – which I hope will happen very soon. This is a prospect that shapes the future of the peoples of the Western Balkans, for whom European integration represents a sure path to peace, freedom and progress.” So said the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, during a meeting with the President of the Republic of Albania, Bajram Begaj, and a delegation of mayors from municipalities whose territories are home to Arbëreshë communities.