Kurti elects Greece before Albania, doesn't go to Tirana at meeting with regional leaders

Present at this meeting is expected to be European Union Commissioner for Neighborship and Enlargement Oliver Warheyl.

The meeting is intended to take place under preparations for the Berlin Process summit, to be held in Albania's capital on October 16th.

Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama, whose country this year heads the Berlin Process, has warned informal meetings during his tour of Western Balkan states a few days ago.

This meeting is said to be aimed at discussing and co-ordinating, to draft joint requirements, to be submitted at the October summit, where leaders of the European Union countries are expected to participate.

However, neither this informal meeting is expected to sit at a table the head of Albanian executive, Rama, and his Kosovo counterpart, Albin Kurti, whose relationship has cooled for several months.

That Kurti chose Greece, before the state the government spokesman confirmed. Progress Kryeziu.

Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti was invited by Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama for an informal lunch with European Commissioner Oliver Varhely in Tirana, where other prime ministers of the Western Balkans were invited to attend. Prime Minister Kurti has announced that Prime Minister Rama will not be able to go this time since months ago he has confirmed attending a conference in Greece's Crete and where the panel for the Western Balkans is exactly on the same day at the same time. Of course, Prime Minister Kurti will participate in the Berlin Process Summit, which will be held in Tirana, whose date is known: October 16th 2023. “, written Kryeziu.

However, according to Albanian Radio Television, participation in the informal meeting of leaders in Tirana has confirmed Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister Besnik Bislimi.

Attending the Tirana meeting has confirmed all four leaders of other countries -- Northern Macedonia Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski, Serbia's president, Aleksandar Vuciq, incumbent Montenegrin Prime Minister Dritan Abazovic -- as well as Bosnia and Herzegovina Council of Ministers Chairman Borjana Christo.

Kosovo executive head Kurti, according to an announcement from his office, will be in Greece on Monday, attended by the 25th edition of the International Symposium SYMI, which was founded by former Hellenic Prime Minister George Papandreou.

The International SyMI Symposium is founded by former Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou and organised each year.

This edition this year is called “Which world in 2030? Treating Icarus” ( Which World in 2030? Adversing the Icarus Syndrome.

This is the sixth time Prime Minister Kurti has been participating in this organisation.