{"id":83962,"date":"2026-04-16T19:56:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T17:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=83962"},"modified":"2026-04-16T19:56:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T17:56:15","slug":"italian-prime-minister-after-meeting-with-rama-focus-on-defense-and-illegal-migration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/italian-prime-minister-after-meeting-with-rama-focus-on-defense-and-illegal-migration\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian Prime Minister after meeting with Rama: Focus on defense and illegal migration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"168\" data-end=\"455\">Italian Prime Minister <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Giorgia Meloni<\/span><\/span> reacted on <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">X<\/span><\/span> following today\u2019s meeting with Albanian Prime Minister <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Edi Rama<\/span><\/span>, who was received during an official visit in <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Rome<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"457\" data-end=\"647\">Meloni emphasized that the discussions focused on important issues such as cooperation in the field of defense, as well as strengthening collaboration in the fight against illegal migration.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"649\" data-end=\"1063\">\u201cFive months after the Intergovernmental Summit in November, today\u2019s meeting at <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Palazzo Chigi<\/span><\/span> with the Prime Minister of the Republic of Albania, Edi Rama, made it possible to assess the strengthening of the partnership between our nations in sectors of common interest, with a particular focus on connectivity, defense, and cooperation in the fight against irregular migration,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni reacted on X following today\u2019s meeting with Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, who was received during an official visit in Rome. 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