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Albania does not feel alone. It is part of the Partnership for Peace structures in NATO, and it will do what it can within that.

Albania is at risk and we are living in difficult times.

If we didn't have the Albanian entrepreneurial spirit and financial support from the diaspora, this stupid political class would have destroyed the country by now.

Most of Albania considers this Government to be legitimate.

Albania is going through a deep crisis because it lacks the rule of law, an independent judiciary, and freedom of the media. I don't think if we stop protesting the problem is solved.

We think that Kosovo will continue to serve as a centre of violence and regional instability in future.

Kosovo is too close to Europe. It is not only close to Albania, it is close to Greece, Italy, Germany and Switzerland, where there are still many Kosovo refugees. Spontaneous reactions could multiply.

I don't really remember much about Kosovo. I only remember growing up in London, where my parents had to basically start from scratch.

Remember all those references to Macedonia as the oasis of peace in the Balkans. You only really appreciate it when you have lost it.

My vision is to have an independent Kosovo, democratic, with a politically tolerant society and with a solid economy, integrated into the EU, the NATO and to continue with our good relations with the USA.