Prime Minister Edi Rama has reacted following missile attacks launched by Iran toward countries in the region, mainly targeting the United Arab Emirates, including Dubai.
Rama emphasized that the attacks do not constitute merely an aggression against a sovereign state, but also a blow to stability, prosperity, and the prospect of peace in the Middle East.
Full statement:
“The blind and desperate attacks of the Khomeinist Republic against the United Arab Emirates are not simply an assault on a sovereign nation. They are an attack on stability, prosperity, and the very idea that the Middle East can be defined by peace and cooperation rather than war and chaos. Targeting an oasis of peace like Dubai with rockets of hatred and destruction once again reveals the true nature of the medieval regime in Tehran. This is the reflex of a system doomed to fail, a system that exports violence and uses terror as a weapon against neighbors who seek peace — in order to intimidate not only them, but above all its own people who seek freedom.
The United Arab Emirates has become a global symbol of promoting peace, openness to dialogue, economic dynamism, interfaith coexistence, and cultural vitality. It represents a model of what a modern Middle East can look like: secure, connected, visionary, and simply beautiful. To strike it blindly is to strike at the very possibility of a region that has chosen development over destruction, cooperation over confrontation, peace over war.
Albania stands in full and unwavering solidarity with the leadership and the people of the United Arab Emirates. Security in the Persian Gulf is not a local concern; it is a global imperative. Any attempt to destabilize it threatens not only energy routes, trade corridors, and the fragile architecture of regional peace, but also the broader balance of international security.
The international community must speak with clarity and unity: state-sponsored aggression, missile attacks against civilian environments, and deliberate destabilization by a regime that kills its own people on a massive scale cannot leave room for the Khomeinist Republic within the community of nations, regardless of differences in systems or political views.
The path forward for the region is not written in rockets, but in mutual recognition, economic integration, and responsible leadership. The United Arab Emirates, under the visionary leadership of its great leader, President Mohammed bin Zayed, has chosen to be a beacon of stability and progress for all peace-loving nations. Those who choose darkness and destruction should find themselves isolated from a world that stands for stability, cooperation, and peace.”
