TIRANA, August 24 – Prime Minister Edi Rama spoke on Wednesday at the “European Alpbach” forum in Austria on the issue of visa liberalization for Kosovo, while emphasizing that “less than 2 million people are being held hostage in the heart of Europe”.
“Kosovo was liberated by the great democratic powers from a barbaric regime. But under the barbarian regime they could move freely in Europe, but the liberators are holding them hostages, they cannot not move freely. So, the grandparents of children who were born in free Kosovo and who are already adults could go to Germany, come to Austria, or even work. Children cannot move because there is no liberalization of visas for Kosovo,” Rama said at the forum on the topic “Geopolitical Awakening of the EU”.
“So what is this geopolitical awakening when you have the Western Balkans right there in the heart of Europe and you have the European Union, as far as I know, the only geographical reality in the history of maps with an external border and an internal border, because to enter the Western Balkans you must first enter the European Union; you cannot enter any of the Balkan countries without first passing through the European Union,” said the Prime Minister.
According to Rama, this geographical reality is not handled in the right way politically. He added that while there has been liberalization of visas for tens of millions of people such as for Ukraine and Georgia, less than 2 million people are being held hostage in the heart of Europe.
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