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Albania’s Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Elisa Spiropali, says Kosovo is the “absolute priority” of Albania’s foreign policy and calls for 2025 to be the year Kosovo consolidates its international identity.
Spiropali made the remarks in Kosovo’s capital, Pristina, after meeting with Kosovo’s Foreign Affairs and Diaspora Minister Glauk Konjufca. The two hold a joint press conference following their talks.
Spiropali said Kosovo is not a matter of protocol preference for Albania but a clear declaration of where the country’s national priorities stand.
“Kosovo is the absolute priority of Albania’s foreign policy. This is not rhetoric of solidarity but a permanent state strategic orientation,” she says.
She adds that 2025 should be the year Kosovo strengthens its identity on the international stage.
Spiropali also stresses that Kosovo deserves to obtain European Union candidate status and says European integration represents a test of the EU’s consistency.
Konjufca said meetings with Albanian counterparts are not typical bilateral talks, emphasizing that Kosovo and Albania are not foreign to one another.
He says discussions with Spiropali focus on deepening cooperation between the two countries.
“Beyond interstate interests, we share a common historical and political destiny. When we speak of cooperation between two states today, we are not talking about intergovernmental relations but about the responsibility of two states belonging to the same nation,” Konjufca said.
He underlined that Kosovo is determined to implement agreements signed between the two countries and noted that coordination with Albania will strengthen Kosovo’s efforts to join the Council of Europe and NATO.
“Our future and our past will forever remain connected,” Konjufca added.
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