Best co-operation ever between two Albanian armies

They speak the same language, but they belong to two armies of two different states. In the body, they carry uniformes and emblems that few discern, are these soldiers of the Kosovo Security Forces and the Armed Forces of Albania.

Part of NATO and the other are aimed at membership in the strongest military alliance in the world, while meetings are frequent and exemplary co-operation.

With great satisfaction with everything the two armies have broadcast to each other in the following year, the KSF's number two, General Enver Cikaqi, says.

“E has a memorandum of co-operation between our ministry and the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Albania, and in this direction we have established all necessary activities that should be realised together with the Albanian Army”, Cikaqi said.

Very satisfied with co-operation with the Kosovo Security Force are Albania's Defence Ministry.

They have not even forgotten the help KSF provided in 2019, when Albania was hit by a powerful earthquake.

Meanwhile in an answer for RTV Dukagjin, from Albania's Defence Ministry, also shows the areas of co-operation they have with the Kosovo Army.

“In the field of education and training, FARSH and KSF have supported each other with scholarships for military/capitary students for primary-cycle programmes, as well as scholarships in institutional courses that contribute to career development and professional formation of the military of both institutions, both officers and deputy officers. While in the field of training, the spectrum has been even broader and included joint stt137 frameworks at small tactical levels, training of units/Tactical units headquarters, joint training at the level of training or special forces operators, EOD, commando, fire support, sniper and etc.”, said by Albania's Defence Ministry.

The KSF General Enver Cikaqi praises this co-operation.

According to him, the KSF's priority is the experience that FARSH already has in NATO.

“We are using those experiences as well, but at the same time they offer not only the priorities of the NATO integration process but also the share of the shortcomings they have faced during the” process, Cikaqi added.

And powerful comes the commitment from Albania that they will stand by Kosovo, until part of NATO manages to become the latter.

“Albania stands at the side of Kosovo on its journey to NATO, as well as is a hardworking lawyer of its interests and integration into regional initiatives. Albania continues to remain a strong supporter of the open-door policy and good neighbourhood with all the countries of the region. Of course, efforts to provide maximum assistance to the integration of KSF and Kosovo into Euro-Atlantic structures will never line”, the Ministry's announcement said.

Former KSF commander General Kadri Kastrati once says he enjoys the fact that co-operation between the two armies is strengthening day.

We're two states. But we are in a nation, and are neighbours here, our first and our brethren here. And I welcome such an army and encouraged them to organize better, more complicated exercises in the future and not to go to peacekeeping missions”, Kastrati said.

The last joint exercise of the two armies was completed in September 2022.