"Visit to be planned in coordination with Belgrade"

"Visit to be planned in coordination with Belgrade"

BELGRADE -- Albania's Foreign Minister Ditmir Bushati said on Thursday that the program of Edi Rama's visit would be drawn up in coordination with the Serbian authorities.

This will be done "with mutual respect, trust and by taking advantage of the best practices out there," he said.

Bushati came to Belgrade to attend an informal regional meeting of ministers of foreign affairs and economy and told reporters he saw nothing wrong with Rama's intention to visit Presevo, which is a region where ethnic Albanians form the majority of the population.

Other Albanian officials have visited Presevo when coming to Serbia and so did Rama while his party was sitting in opposition, Bushati noted, adding that he had visited Preševo as well while being a member of the opposition.

He stated that he "did not know why Rama's visit to Preševo was such a problem," adding that "nothing would happen."

When asked if the idea of a Greater Albania was part of the official policy of the Albanian government, Bushati replied that he "did not have to explain that to the Serbian or any other government."

"Unfortunately, that idea has always been a nightmare to Serbia, but it has never been a part of the Albanian government's political project and political goal, which is to see the entire region in the EU," Bushati stated.

He called on the Serbian authorities to investigate everything that happened before, during and after the recent match between Serbia and Albania in Belgrade, especially the provocations, incidents and violence.

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