{"id":35357,"date":"2022-04-29T15:09:25","date_gmt":"2022-04-29T13:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=35357"},"modified":"2022-04-29T15:20:07","modified_gmt":"2022-04-29T13:20:07","slug":"us-embassy-says-us-senior-officials-visit-reaffirmed-stance-on-eu-accession-justice-reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/us-embassy-says-us-senior-officials-visit-reaffirmed-stance-on-eu-accession-justice-reform\/","title":{"rendered":"US Embassy says US senior officials reaffirmed stance on EU accession, justice reform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cBoth parties reaffirmed their strong support for EU accession talks for Albania and North Macedonia and their commitment to working with Albanian partners on justice reform and EU integration\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">This was the statement posted on Friday on Twitter by the US Embassy following the visit of Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Karen Donfried and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs Gabriel Escobar in Albania.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">(1\/2) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StateEUR?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@StateEUR<\/a>&#8216;s Assistant Secretary of State Karen Donfried &amp; European Commissioner for Neighborhood &amp; Enlargement <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OliverVarhelyi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@OliverVarhelyi<\/a> met to discuss the shared priority of integrating all Western Balkan countries into \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddfa. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/U8uKTwuKow\">pic.twitter.com\/U8uKTwuKow<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 USEmbassyTirana (@USEmbassyTirana) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USEmbassyTirana\/status\/1519738483987861505?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 28, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The Embassy also emphasized that the senior US officials reinstated the unalterable role a strong opposition has for the country\u2019s democracy.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fusembassytirana%2Fposts%2F359438562877974&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"761\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cBoth parties reaffirmed their strong support for EU accession talks for Albania and North Macedonia and their commitment to working with Albanian partners on justice reform and EU integration\u201d. 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