Minister Murati shows how billion euros bring Kosovo fellow countrymen

The celebration began with a homazhe at the Jashari family cemetery, while Diaspora Minister Valon Murati, who praised the honest work of exiles, had the opening word.

He said that an event like the Yashare Age, the collapse of a family, had become an example in Europe of the second half of the 20th century and has marked the establishment of the Albanian people. Murati added that they gather in Prekaz to connect the diaspora with the homeland.

Dear fellow countrymen, you yourself were part of the bridge for freedom of homeland. Your whole life has been in service of political lobbies, financial aid, logistical aid, and finally, even physical participation in liberation warfare.

Without your work, freedom would be very difficult to achieve. So in respect of your commitment and the relationship we have with the freedom of Kosovo, we gather here every year to mark the days of exiles and in Prekaz, as a symbol of the joint sacrifice to cement the diaspora' connection with the native body of”, he said.

Minister Murati added that fellow countrymen are fairly critical, as they want a developed homeland.

He stressed that fellow countrymen bring 1.5 billion euros to Kosovo annually. The Jashar family representative, Rifat Jashar, thanked those present, especially fellow countrymen who were never left alone.

You're all welcome. Thank you for taking the time tonight to forget our sorrows and our pain for the best sons and daughters of our Albanian nation, who shed the tender blood for the freedom we enjoy today and for which we are here today”, has been expressed as much gratitude as the Albanian people have always been around them.

The performance was closed to the sound of the vocal band “Kvali” from Slovenia, led by musicologist Alma Bejtullahu, the icon of old civic music Nezafete Shala & band, Kosovas reports.