{"id":18354,"date":"2021-07-30T16:38:56","date_gmt":"2021-07-30T14:38:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=18354"},"modified":"2021-07-30T16:51:43","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T14:51:43","slug":"former-prime-minister-berisha-reacts-to-declaration-of-us-ambassador","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/former-prime-minister-berisha-reacts-to-declaration-of-us-ambassador\/","title":{"rendered":"Former prime minister Berisha reacts to declaration of US Ambassador"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Albanian former prime minister Sali Berisha said that the remarks of US Ambassador Yuri Kim to \u201cdistance itself\u201d from him are \u201coffensive\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, Ambassador Kim \u201cflagrantly breached her mission when asking DP leader to exclude Sali Berisha from parliament\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Berisha stated to be determined in taking up his parliamentary mandate, adding that no \u201cslander or fabrication can stop his mission bestowed by the Albanian electorate in the protection of the national interest\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The former Prime Minister said PM Edi Rama and George Soros stand behind the decision of the US Secretary of State to designate him as persona non-grata.<\/p>\n<p>Berisha claims that Secretary Blinken has not published any evidence for his involvement in \u201ccorruptive affairs that undermine democracy in Albania\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In regards to the US Ambassador\u2019s comment that \u201cthe DP should not eat grass for the sake of one MP\u201d, Berisha said it is \u201coffensive and anti-Albanian\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/07\/30\/us-embassy-calls-on-dp-to-disassociate-from-berisha-a-tragedy-if-the-party-were-to-eat-grass-for-the-sake-of-one-man\/\">US Embassy calls on DP to disassociate from Berisha: A tragedy if the party were to eat grass for the sake of one man<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Albanian former prime minister Sali Berisha said that the remarks of US Ambassador Yuri Kim to \u201cdistance itself\u201d from him are \u201coffensive\u201d. According to him, Ambassador Kim \u201cflagrantly breached her mission when asking DP leader to exclude Sali Berisha from parliament\u201d. Berisha stated to be determined in taking up his parliamentary mandate, adding that no [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":18355,"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>Former prime minister Berisha reacts to declaration of US Ambassador - 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\/former-prime-minister-berisha-reacts-to-declaration-of-us-ambassador\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Former prime minister Berisha reacts to declaration of US Ambassador - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Albanian former prime minister Sali Berisha said that the remarks of US Ambassador Yuri Kim to \u201cdistance itself\u201d from him are \u201coffensive\u201d. 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