Rama takes part in roundtable on Albania-Serbia cooperation

BELGRADE - The Belgrade-based NGO Forum for Ethnic Relations organized a roundtable on Serbia-Albania cooperation on Monday evening, with Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama as a guest.

Dusan Janjic, director of the Forum for Ethnic Relations, said during the discussion that "the ghosts of the past should not trip the living up on their road to the future."

Janjic suggested that maybe during Vucic's return visit to Tirana, it would be good to make a list of things that the two prime ministers have done in the meantime.

"Relations between the Serbs and Albanians are extremely important for the future of the Western Balkans, and that could be compared with the significance of the reconciliation between France and Germany after World War II," Janjic said.

Director of the Fund for an Open Society Jadranka Jelincic noted that today's visit by the Albanian prime minister is one of the most politically sensitive visits that was organized in Europe after the fall of the Berlin Wall.

"We hope that this visit will contribute to opening a new chapter in Serbia-Albania relations, Jelincic said, when opening the roundtable titled "Albania-Serbia Cooperation", and noted that the visit was inspired by a European cause.

The meeting brought together Serbian Minister of Public Administration Kori Udovicki, Minister of Economy Zeljko Sertic, U.S. Ambassador Michael Kirby and Italian Ambassador Giuseppe Manzo.

Earlier on Monday, at the joint press conference with Vucic, Rama departed from the protocol of his visit to Belgrade, calling on Serbia to recognize the unilaterally declared independence of Kosovo-Metohija, to which the Serbian prime minister replied that Serbia will not do that and that he will not let...