{"id":35631,"date":"2022-05-03T21:35:54","date_gmt":"2022-05-03T19:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=35631"},"modified":"2022-05-03T21:35:54","modified_gmt":"2022-05-03T19:35:54","slug":"removing-visa-regime-with-russia-undermines-national-security-claims-mp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/removing-visa-regime-with-russia-undermines-national-security-claims-mp\/","title":{"rendered":"Removing visa regime with Russia undermines national security, claims MP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Democrat MP Kreshnik Collaku said on Tuesday that lifting travel visas for Russian citizens could pose a danger to national security.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the midst of an ongoing war, threats about potential escalation to NATO countries, lifting visa means having no guarantees that together with tourists, we might be letting in informants and murderers\u201d, he said to host Erla Mehilli on Now.<\/p>\n<p>Collaku emphasized that Albania should not lift travel visas to a country that is currently at war \u2018with the entire democratic world\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVisas are lifted to friendly and safe countries\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the government should accept Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy\u2019s plea to refuse Russian tourists from entering Albanian soil.<\/p>\n<p>A similar request has also been voiced by Albania\u2019s largest opposition force, the Democratic Party.<\/p>\n<p>The Albanian government decided on March 25 to abolish the visa regime for Russian tourists from 1 April to 31 December.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/programs\/shock\/2022\/05\/03\/bushati-haxhiu-disagree-on-whether-albania-should-allow-russian-tourists\/\">Bushati-Haxhiu disagree on whether Albania should allow Russian tourists<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/05\/03\/shut-down-your-ports-to-russian-ships-limit-tourists-zelensky-lists-demands\/\">\u2018Shut down your ports to Russian ships, limit tourists!\u2019, Zelensky lists demands<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrat MP Kreshnik Collaku said on Tuesday that lifting travel visas for Russian citizens could pose a danger to national security. \u201cIn the midst of an ongoing war, threats about potential escalation to NATO countries, lifting visa means having no guarantees that together with tourists, we might be letting in informants and murderers\u201d, he said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":35632,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[262],"tags":[151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - 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