{"id":15619,"date":"2021-06-13T16:36:08","date_gmt":"2021-06-13T14:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=15619"},"modified":"2021-06-13T20:06:24","modified_gmt":"2021-06-13T18:06:24","slug":"agreement-reached-in-meeting-between-state-secretary-blinken-and-pm-rama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/agreement-reached-in-meeting-between-state-secretary-blinken-and-pm-rama\/","title":{"rendered":"Agreement reached in meeting between State Secretary Blinken and PM Rama"},"content":{"rendered":"

The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama met today in Brussels in a meeting that concluded with a deal for the bilateral coordination for the use of 5G technology between the two states.<\/p>\n

Secretary Blinken referred to Albania as a \u201cpartner and ally\u201d of the United States and that through this agreement PM Rama is giving \u201ca good example\u201d to other countries.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we\u2019re setting a very strong example together here today, on the need to make sure that when it comes to the most sensitive technology that we have, we\u2019re working with trusted vendors and I think particularly important now and a strong message to send to others\u201d declared the US State Secretary.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are really grateful for the work the United States and Albania have been able to do together in so many different areas, including Defender 21 exercises. We\u2019re very much looking forward to you assuming your seat on the United Nations Security Council\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n

During his word, the head of the Albanian executive said that Albania is \u201cproud\u201d to stand alongside the United States and described the agreement as \u201can important moment\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me, and us in Albania, it\u2019s a very important moment because as I believe you know we have undertaken this initiative from our side for some years and we\u2019ve been asking also the other countries in the region to join and to put all together our efforts for a secure path of communication and to put this path of communication of very critical service in the hand of Albania and the institutions of our security forces and not allow that this is may be compromised by third actors that sometimes are malign\u201d, said the Albanian prime minister.<\/p>\n

Earlier on the US Department of State announced that a meeting will take place today between State Secretary Antony Blinken and Prime Minister Edi Rama at 5:30 PM.<\/p>\n

Albanian PM Rama will attend the NATO summit in Brussels, alongside other member state leaders.<\/p>\n

The meeting was confirmed<\/a> on the official website of the State Department.<\/p>\n

The NATO summit will convene Monday morning with the General Secretary, Jens Stoltenberg holding the word first.<\/p>\n

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