{"id":30278,"date":"2022-01-26T20:57:52","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T19:57:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=30278"},"modified":"2022-01-26T20:57:52","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T19:57:52","slug":"berisha-accuses-ambassador-kim-of-encouraging-tender-corruption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/berisha-accuses-ambassador-kim-of-encouraging-tender-corruption\/","title":{"rendered":"Berisha accuses ambassador Kim of encouraging tender corruption"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former PM Sali Berisha met with Democrats in Patos for the 31<sup>st<\/sup> anniversary of the foundation of the Democratic Party branch in the city.<\/p>\n<p>During the meeting, Berisha commented on several recent statements made by the US ambassador to Albania, Yuri Kim, about the level of corruption in our country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can guarantee they won\u2019t be able to find a single thing to back up the smear campaign they\u2019ve launched against me, not in a hundred years. But on the other hand, this motivates me to continue my battle,\u201d \u2013 said the former DP chair.<\/p>\n<p>Berisha continued by calling the ambassador an \u2018ideological secretary for the Socialist Party\u2019, and a personal \u2018spokesperson for Basha\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, he made indirect accusations about her encouraging corruption in Albania.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We are pro-American and we welcome American investors. I tell them, however, to refrain from encouraging direct public procurements in this country. No matter, where they come from, they are corrupt. If you are interested in the fight against corruption and in growing foreign investments, you should insist on open tenders instead,\u201d \u2013 said Berisha.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former PM Sali Berisha met with Democrats in Patos for the 31st anniversary of the foundation of the Democratic Party branch in the city. During the meeting, Berisha commented on several recent statements made by the US ambassador to Albania, Yuri Kim, about the level of corruption in our country. \u201cI can guarantee they won\u2019t [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":30280,"comment_status":"open","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>Berisha accuses ambassador Kim of encouraging tender corruption - 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\/berisha-accuses-ambassador-kim-of-encouraging-tender-corruption\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Berisha accuses ambassador Kim of encouraging tender corruption - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former PM Sali Berisha met with Democrats in Patos for the 31st anniversary of the foundation of the Democratic Party branch in the city. 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