{"id":11232,"date":"2021-04-24T09:49:50","date_gmt":"2021-04-24T09:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=11232"},"modified":"2021-04-24T11:31:21","modified_gmt":"2021-04-24T11:31:21","slug":"us-ambassador-kim-meets-with-dps-leader-basha-at-partys-headquarters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/us-ambassador-kim-meets-with-dps-leader-basha-at-partys-headquarters\/","title":{"rendered":"US Ambassador Kim meets with DP\u2019s leader Basha at party\u2019s headquarters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The US Ambassador to Albania Yuri Kim met on Saturday with the leader of the Democratic Party Lulzim Basha.<\/p>\n<p>Ambassador Kim said the meeting was in line with previous ones with PM Edi Rama and President Ilir Meta, and reiterated that the US &#8220;does not support&#8221; neither any party or candidate.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I met \u2066DP Chair <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lulzimbasha_al?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@lulzimbasha_al<\/a>\u2069 today, same as I have met Pres \u2066\u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ilirmetazyrtar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ilirmetazyrtar<\/a>\u2069 &amp; PM \u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ediramaal?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ediramaal<\/a>\u2069 in last 48 hrs. We reiterate \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 does not support any party or candidate. But we absolutely support the right of all \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf1 citizens to vote freely &amp; in peace. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/G9egTcrMNn\">pic.twitter.com\/G9egTcrMNn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ambassador Yuri Kim (@USAmbAlbania) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USAmbAlbania\/status\/1385907198040158208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 24, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The meeting is taking place at DP\u2019s headquarters one day ahead of the general, while Albanian citizens will be heading to the polls on Sunday to cast their vote for the new government.<\/p>\n<p>US Ambassador Kim has continuously called on political leaders to refrain from violent rhetoric and hate language during the campaign and bar individuals with a suspicious background from running at the April 25 elections.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/daily-news\/2021\/04\/22\/april-25-elections-ambassadors-call-on-the-albanian-citizens-do-not-sell-your-vote-democracy-is-priceless\/\">April 25 elections, Ambassadors call on the Albanian citizens: Do not sell your vote, democracy is priceless<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/04\/20\/state-election-commissioner-celibashi-results-to-be-announced-within-48-hours\/\">State Election Commissioner Celibashi: Results to be announced within 48 hours<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/04\/19\/eu-ambassadors-in-elbasan-elections-should-be-free-vote-buying-and-selling-is-a-criminal-act\/\">EU ambassador in Elbasan: Elections should be free, vote-buying and selling is a criminal act \u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US Ambassador to Albania Yuri Kim met on Saturday with the leader of the Democratic Party Lulzim Basha. Ambassador Kim said the meeting was in line with previous ones with PM Edi Rama and President Ilir Meta, and reiterated that the US &#8220;does not support&#8221; neither any party or candidate. I met \u2066DP Chair [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":11233,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>US Ambassador Kim meets with DP\u2019s leader Basha at party\u2019s headquarters - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/us-ambassador-kim-meets-with-dps-leader-basha-at-partys-headquarters\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"US Ambassador Kim meets with DP\u2019s leader Basha at party\u2019s headquarters - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The US Ambassador to Albania Yuri Kim met on Saturday with the leader of the Democratic Party Lulzim Basha. 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