{"id":35320,"date":"2022-04-29T09:58:49","date_gmt":"2022-04-29T07:58:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=35320"},"modified":"2022-04-29T10:04:08","modified_gmt":"2022-04-29T08:04:08","slug":"rama-hosts-dos-official-at-prime-ministers-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/rama-hosts-dos-official-at-prime-ministers-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Rama hosts meeting with DOS official at Prime Minister\u2019s Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Edi Rama hosted on Friday a meeting with the Assistant Secretary of\u00a0State\u00a0for European and Eurasian Affairs Karen Donfried.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting is taking place at the Prime Minister\u2019s Office, with a joint press conference expected to follow.<\/p>\n<p>Donfried will also meet members of the opposition, including floor leader of the Democratic Party, Enkelejd Alibeaj, Gazment Bardhi, and Jorida Tabaku.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, the senior US official met EU Commissioner for Enlargement Oliver Varhelyi.<\/p>\n<p>The two diplomats reiterated the importance EU integration has on the region, in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Donfried is on a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/balkans\/2022\/04\/25\/us-diplomat-begins-tour-around-the-balkans-this-week-first-stop-kosovo\/\">tour<\/a> <\/strong>around the Balkans. So far, she\u2019s been to Belgrade, Prishtina, and Skopje.<\/p>\n<p>While in Skopje on Thursday, Donfried <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/north-macedonia\/2022\/04\/28\/donfried-calls-on-opening-eu-negotiations-with-north-macedonia\/\">said<\/a> <\/strong>the United States fully supports launching accession negotiations for Albania and North Macedonia.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/north-macedonia\/2022\/04\/28\/donfried-calls-on-opening-eu-negotiations-with-north-macedonia\/\">Donfried says N.Macedonia deserves prompt launch of accession talks<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/04\/28\/varhelyi-calls-for-more-patience-integration-is-about-security\/\">Varhelyi calls for more patience: Integration is about security<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/01\/03\/french-ambassador-albania-and-n-macedonia-cant-be-decoupled-in-the-eu-integration-process\/\">French ambassador: Albania and N. Macedonia can\u2019t be decoupled in the EU integration process<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Edi Rama hosted on Friday a meeting with the Assistant Secretary of\u00a0State\u00a0for European and Eurasian Affairs Karen Donfried. The meeting is taking place at the Prime Minister\u2019s Office, with a joint press conference expected to follow. Donfried will also meet members of the opposition, including floor leader of the Democratic Party, Enkelejd Alibeaj, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":16329,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[1216,1278,1310,402,151,477,490],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Rama hosts meeting with DOS official at Prime Minister\u2019s Office - 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\/rama-hosts-dos-official-at-prime-ministers-office\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rama hosts meeting with DOS official at Prime Minister\u2019s Office - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Prime Minister Edi Rama hosted on Friday a meeting with the Assistant Secretary of\u00a0State\u00a0for European and Eurasian Affairs Karen Donfried. 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