TIRANA – Albania’s cross- party agreement on electoral reform has been praised by the US State Secretary, Mike Pompeo in a press conference held on June 10 this year.
Pompeo supported the accord which was brokered by the US Ambassador to Tirana, Yuri Kim along with the Ambassadors of EU Delegation and United Kingdom saying it would solidify Albania’s European future.
Below is the full note found on the account of US Ambassador Kim with Pompeo’s statement: “I welcome Albania’s cross-party agreement on electoral reform, which will strengthen its democracy and further solidify Albania’s European future. We encourage all stakeholders to codify this political agreement.”
SP- led majority and DP- led united opposition along with representatives of the opposition parliamentary deputies agreed on a deal which they signed on June 5, 2020./argumentum.al
