{"id":84863,"date":"2026-05-28T16:02:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T14:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=84863"},"modified":"2026-05-28T17:20:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T15:20:45","slug":"russia-requested-the-withdrawal-of-diplomats-from-kyiv-hoxha-threatening-embassies-is-not-diplomacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/russia-requested-the-withdrawal-of-diplomats-from-kyiv-hoxha-threatening-embassies-is-not-diplomacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia Requested the Withdrawal of Diplomats From Kyiv, Hoxha: Threatening Embassies Is Not Diplomacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Ferit Hoxha reacted in a post on X regarding Russia\u2019s request for foreign diplomats to leave Kyiv.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Hoxha emphasized that threatening embassies is not diplomacy and clearly expressed Albania\u2019s decision to continue supporting Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">\u201cAlbania considers Russia\u2019s announcement calling on diplomatic personnel and foreign citizens to leave Kyiv ahead of planned attacks to be completely unacceptable.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Threatening embassies is not diplomacy; it is intimidation. It represents yet another violation of international law and of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Albania will not withdraw. We remain in Kyiv. We stand firmly with Ukraine. And we will not be intimidated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">The answer to this war cannot be more war, more crimes, or indiscriminate attacks against civilians and civilian infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">The only way forward is to end a war that should never have started and to engage in genuine, good-faith negotiations for peace.<\/p>\n<p>This was also conveyed very clearly today to the Russian Ambassador in Tirana,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Ferit Hoxha reacted in a post on X regarding Russia\u2019s request for foreign diplomats to leave Kyiv. 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