The Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs responds after the declarations of the Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergei Lavrov. The full statement of MEFA as follows:

“The Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs of Albania denies the statements published in the Russian news agency TASS and the doubts risen form the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, for the presence of the “Albanian mercenaries” in Ukraine. The Russian Federation Ambassador was called and asked to refute the news.”