{"id":52743,"date":"2023-05-14T16:16:35","date_gmt":"2023-05-14T14:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=52743"},"modified":"2023-05-14T16:16:35","modified_gmt":"2023-05-14T14:16:35","slug":"no-pressure-on-voters-declares-us-ambassador-to-albania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/no-pressure-on-voters-declares-us-ambassador-to-albania\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cNo pressure on voters,\u201d declares US Ambassador to Albania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The US Ambassador to Albania, Yuri Kim has closely followed the voting process in a voting station in Vlora.<\/p>\n<p>In her capacity as an election observer, the ambassador chose to give a few messages regarding the election day.<\/p>\n<p>In a short declaration to the media, Kim emphasized that no one should be involved in vote buying or selling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere should not be any pressure to any voters. It\u2019s important for every voter to exercise their right, it\u2019s their fundamental right. Nobody should be selling votes, nobody should be buying votes. It\u2019s is the responsibility of the authorities to apply the laws fairly and evenly, in all situations,\u201d said the ambassador.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the video below:<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"NQvWrDu9NGk\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Yuri Kim mesazh nga qendra e votimit n\u00eb Vlor\u00eb: Mos e shisni vot\u00ebn\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NQvWrDu9NGk?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US Ambassador to Albania, Yuri Kim has closely followed the voting process in a voting station in Vlora. 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In a short declaration to the media, Kim emphasized that no one should be involved in vote [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":52744,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[348,243,151,1015,1975,2072,2167],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\u201cNo pressure on voters,\u201d declares US Ambassador to Albania - 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\/no-pressure-on-voters-declares-us-ambassador-to-albania\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u201cNo pressure on voters,\u201d declares US Ambassador to Albania - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The US Ambassador to Albania, Yuri Kim has closely followed the voting process in a voting station in Vlora. 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