The Acting Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Gent Cakaj, announced via a Facebook post that his participation at today’s meeting of the Committee for European Integration was focused on discussions about the unsparing political, diplomatic and institutional work of the Government, for the further advancement of the European integration process.

According to Chief Diplomat Cakaj, this is a very important political period for Albania. After the decision to open negotiations for EU membership, Cakaj said that the next challenge is to meet the conditions for holding the First Intergovernmental Conference.

Further, Cakaj stressed that while the Government is fulfilling its responsibilities in this regard, it should be emphasized that meeting the conditions for the opening of negotiations requires, also, the maximum commitment from all institutions involved in this process.

“Albania has no choice other than working towards EU membership!” – said the Acting Minister Cakaj, at the end of his post.