{"id":38714,"date":"2022-06-21T13:08:19","date_gmt":"2022-06-21T11:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=38714"},"modified":"2022-06-21T14:23:16","modified_gmt":"2022-06-21T12:23:16","slug":"rama-albania-supports-finland-joining-nato","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/rama-albania-supports-finland-joining-nato\/","title":{"rendered":"Rama: Albania supports Finland joining NATO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama declared that Albania will support Finland and Sweden\u2019s bid to join NATO.<\/p>\n<p>Rama made the statement during a joint press conference with Finnish counterpart Sanna Marin in front of the Prime Minister\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe fully support the accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO. It\u2019s about two countries that from every aspect would be an added value to the Alliance, and even more so under current circumstances, the doors of the alliance must be open for Finland and Sweden to join\u201d, Rama said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re privileged to have the opportunity to do something for Finland\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n<p>Rama said the two heads of government spoke about the accession negotiations of Albania and North Macedonia.<\/p>\n<p>He also said not to expect anything, referring to the Intergovernmental Conference and thanked the EU for its effort in convincing Sofia to lift the veto on Skopje.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/05\/26\/albania-officially-backs-finlands-and-swedens-bid-to-nato-membership\/\">Albania officially backs Finland\u2019s and Sweden\u2019s bid to join NATO<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/europe\/2022\/05\/18\/swedish-mep-says-sweden-finland-will-make-nato-stronger\/\">Swedish MEP says Sweden, Finland will make NATO stronger<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama declared that Albania will support Finland and Sweden\u2019s bid to join NATO. Rama made the statement during a joint press conference with Finnish counterpart Sanna Marin in front of the Prime Minister\u2019s Office. \u201cWe fully support the accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO. It\u2019s about two countries that from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":38715,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[270,788,1431,791,477,1268],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Rama: Albania supports Finland joining NATO - 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-albania-supports-finland-joining-nato\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Rama: Albania supports Finland joining NATO - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama declared that Albania will support Finland and Sweden\u2019s bid to join NATO. 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