Rama: We need to keep Serbia as close to us as possible

Edi Rama said that with Russia “we do not have any goods” or conflicts, and that they cannot find spies within Albanian territory.

But he said Russia could become a problem for the rest of the Balkans, and that this is the reason why the conflict between Kosovo and Serbia should end, and that it is important that the latter be kept “on our sides”.

Because of our history, we were North Korea of Europe, Prague has been as elusive to us as Paris in Communism... And when the Russians decided to get rid of Stalin, we stayed with him. Standing at Stalin and being a Stalinist until the end of 1990 made us less interesting to Russia. So far there's been a visit to Moscow and no one's missed. We don't want anything bad for Russia..

As for Russia, we are not interested, so she cannot find willing spies to serve for a little money. We had some mixed stuff, but nothing big. Where the problem may be, it is in other parts of the Balkans, and therefore we need Serbia and Kosovo to get out of the conflict, and we need to keep Serbia as much on our side”, Rama said.