{"id":33794,"date":"2022-04-01T16:36:26","date_gmt":"2022-04-01T14:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=33794"},"modified":"2022-04-01T16:39:13","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T14:39:13","slug":"albanias-role-as-a-nato-ally-increasing-steadily-says-ambassador-kim-on-13th-accession-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albanias-role-as-a-nato-ally-increasing-steadily-says-ambassador-kim-on-13th-accession-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Albania\u2019s role as a NATO ally increasing steadily, says Ambassador Kim on 13th accession anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Albania\u2019s role and value as a NATO ally is increasing steadily, said US Ambassador Yuri Kim on the country\u2019s 13th anniversary as a member of the alliance.<\/p>\n<p>In a message shared on Twitter on Friday, Kim brought to the attention the fact that the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/05\/04\/us-army-led-military-exercises-defender-europe-21-kicks-off-at-durres-port\/\">largest NATO military drill in the Balkans<\/a><\/strong> was conducted in Albania, and also the commencement of construction work for the Kucova airbase.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">1\/2 On April 1, 2009, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Albania?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Albania<\/a> officially became a member of  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NATO?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NATO<\/a>. Since then, \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 &amp; \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf1 forces have shed blood, sweat &amp; tears together in Afghanistan, Iraq, BiH, Kosovo &amp; elsewhere. \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf1 role &amp; value as a NATO Ally is increasing steadily. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/krahperkrah?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#krahperkrah<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WeAreNATO?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WeAreNATO<\/a> \ud83d\udcaa <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QW5TzflaE5\">pic.twitter.com\/QW5TzflaE5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ambassador Yuri Kim (@USAmbAlbania) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USAmbAlbania\/status\/1509884524406231042?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 1, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Albania joined the North Atlantic Alliance on 1 April 2009.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/03\/30\/natos-upgraded-kucova-air-base-set-to-open-in-2023\/\">NATO\u2019s upgraded Kucova Air Base set to open in 2023<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/05\/04\/us-army-led-military-exercises-defender-europe-21-kicks-off-at-durres-port\/\">US-Army led military exercises \u201cDefender Europe 21\u201d kicks off at Durres Port<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Albania\u2019s role and value as a NATO ally is increasing steadily, said US Ambassador Yuri Kim on the country\u2019s 13th anniversary as a member of the alliance. 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