{"id":29836,"date":"2022-01-20T13:33:26","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T12:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=29836"},"modified":"2022-01-20T13:36:47","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T12:36:47","slug":"construction-work-begins-on-natos-airbase-in-kucova","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/construction-work-begins-on-natos-airbase-in-kucova\/","title":{"rendered":"Construction work begins on NATO\u2019s airbase in Kucova"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Construction work began this Thursday on a NATO project to modernize the Kucova airbase.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Edi Rama said that the modernization of the Kucova NATO airbase will enhance the country\u2019s political and military role, as well as yield concrete economic and social benefits in the area.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, construction got underway for NATO\u2019s first airbase in the region. PM Rama visited the site where he said that the move confirms \u201cthat Albania is an added value in this alliance\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThanks to the support we\u2019re finding from the United States and its defense mechanisms, we\u2019ve become aware that if we make smart investments properly address the way we raise the quality of our military forces, we can become an added value to NATO in other projects. Today we are seeing first-hand a project that was met with mockery by many people when it was introduced three years ago\u201d, said Rama.<\/p>\n<p>US Ambassador Yuri Kim also attended the ceremony where she reiterated the support for another major project on cyber defense for all NATO.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Construction work began this Thursday on a NATO project to modernize the Kucova airbase. 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On Thursday, construction got underway for NATO\u2019s first [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":29837,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[150,151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Construction work begins on NATO\u2019s airbase in Kucova - 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\/construction-work-begins-on-natos-airbase-in-kucova\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Construction work begins on NATO\u2019s airbase in Kucova - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Construction work began this Thursday on a NATO project to modernize the Kucova airbase. 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