The situation resulting from widespread heavy rainfall across the entire country is improving, but civil emergency structures remain active in the field to address any lingering consequences. Three teams from the Armed Forces are currently assisting Tirana Municipality employees, and the situation in the capital has seen significant improvement.
Defence Minister Niko Peleshi met in Brussels with the Defence Minister of Ukraine Mr. Rustem Umierov. During this meeting, Mr. Peleshi and Mr. Umierov talked about the current situation in Ukraine and the importance of support from the Alliance, as an essential element in resisting the war with Russia.
Minister Umierov expressed his gratitude to our country and thanked for the comprehensive support that Albania has offered to Ukraine since the beginning of the war.
The war in Ukraine was the main focus of the Defense Ministers Meeting, gathered at the NATO headquarters in Brussels.
The latest developments in the North of Kosovo took a special attention at the meeting of Defense Ministers of the NATO countries, which was held at the NATO headquarters in Brussels.
As part of this meeting, Minister Niko Peleshi expressed the commitment of our country to the implementation of the decisions taken at the Vilnius Summit on the development of regional plans and the new structure of the forces, as well as emphasized the importance of the realization of defense plans, to guarantee the Alliance from possible threats. In implementation of the new model of NATO forces, the new structure of the Armed Forces has been approved, and we will contribute to the implementation of the plans by adapting our practices and making available critical infrastructure such as the Kuçova Base, the Port of Porto Romano and the construction of Corridor VIII.
Defence Minister Niko Peleshi inspected the situation in the Pishë Poro-Darëzë forest massif.
Mr. Peleshi described this as one of the most critical wild fire, which requires intensive work for its complete isolation.
Senior representatives of the Ministry of Defence and the US Department of Defence held bilateral consultations in Tirana within the framework of cooperation in the field of Security and Defence, thus laying the foundations for an intensive medium-term and long-term cooperation.
During the meeting, the two delegations, discussed the current situation in the region and beyond as well as a number of projects in the field of modernization and logistics.
Defence Minister Niko Peleshi confirmed during his speech the commitment of our country to maintaining stability, peace and security in the region, and beyond. He guaranteed that Albania will always be a guarantor of democratic and western values, as the basic principles of Tirana’s diplomacy.
