{"id":37851,"date":"2022-06-08T17:44:43","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T15:44:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=37851"},"modified":"2022-06-08T17:44:43","modified_gmt":"2022-06-08T15:44:43","slug":"rama-and-vucic-debunk-lavrovs-claims-on-open-balkan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/rama-and-vucic-debunk-lavrovs-claims-on-open-balkan\/","title":{"rendered":"Rama and Vucic debunk Lavrov\u2019s claims on Open Balkan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Albania\u2019s PM Edi Rama and Serbian president Alexandar Vucic excluded any possibility that the Open Balkan initiative was a Russian idea.<\/p>\n<p>During the Open Balkan Summit in Ohrid, where 5 Western Balkan leaders participated earlier today, PM Rama said that Lavrov\u2019s statements were simply \u2018a form of sarcasm\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>According to Rama, the Open Balkan initiative is endorsed by the United States and the EU and their presence during today\u2019s meeting of their special representatives only goes to prove this.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLavrov is a high-level shark in the world of global diplomacy and he is well-known for his sarcasm,\u201d \u2013 declared Rama.<\/p>\n<p>Albania\u2019s Prime Minister called for historical disagreements to be set aside while suggesting that the Balkans follow the example of US-Japan and how they overcame their differences.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet us build a new history like all those nations who have known how to leave behind stories of the past. Japan and the US are close allies today, after 2 atomic bombs,\u201d \u2013 said Rama.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, the Serbian president also maintained that Russia didn\u2019t have any influence in the creation of the Open Balkan initiative.<\/p>\n<p>Vucic declared that everything was prompted by Rama\u2019s, Zaev\u2019s and his own initiative.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo one else apart from us had anything to do with Open Balkan,\u201d \u2013 declared Vucic.<\/p>\n<p>The reason behind this interpretation of Open Balkan was statements made by Russia\u2019s foreign minister Sergei Lavrov recently.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the creation of the Open Balkan initiative was a Serbian idea that is being executed with Russia\u2019s full support.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/balkans\/2022\/06\/08\/rama-vows-for-a-common-solution-to-the-crisis\/\">Rama vows for a \u2018common solution\u2019 to the crisis<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/balkans\/2022\/06\/08\/vucic-proposes-holding-next-open-balkan-summit-in-serbia\/\">Vucic proposes holding next Open Balkan summit in Serbia<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/balkans\/2022\/06\/08\/what-are-the-agreements-expected-from-the-second-day-of-the-open-balkan\/\">LIVE Open Balkan Day 2: What are the agreements expected?<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<div class=\"spot-im-replies-count\" data-post-id=\"eneu37841\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"spot-im-replies-count\" data-post-id=\"eneu37801\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Albania\u2019s PM Edi Rama and Serbian president Alexandar Vucic excluded any possibility that the Open Balkan initiative was a Russian idea. During the Open Balkan Summit in Ohrid, where 5 Western Balkan leaders participated earlier today, PM Rama said that Lavrov\u2019s statements were simply \u2018a form of sarcasm\u2019. According to Rama, the Open Balkan initiative [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":37854,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[250],"tags":[151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Rama and Vucic debunk Lavrov\u2019s claims on Open Balkan - 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-and-vucic-debunk-lavrovs-claims-on-open-balkan\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rama and Vucic debunk Lavrov\u2019s claims on Open Balkan - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Albania\u2019s PM Edi Rama and Serbian president Alexandar Vucic excluded any possibility that the Open Balkan initiative was a Russian idea. 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