Statement of Defence Minister Mimi Kodheli

Thanking President Nishani for the attention regarding the developments in Defence, but also noticing a misinterpretation by the President regarding several bills drafted by the Ministry of Defence with the full technical support of our international partners, the Minister of Defence Mimi Kodheli feels obliged to publicly clarify that, the comments made by President Nishani in his press release, regarding the bills in question, are absolutely inappropriate.

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Press Statement of the General Staff of the Armed Forces

The General Staff of the Armed Forces expresses its deepest condolences to the family of Arben Dosku, who lost his life today, and Lavdrim and Alfred Dosku, who were wounded in the village of Zgarë, Librazhd. The Armed Forces have done and will continue to do everything possible to avoid incidents of this kind causing the loss of human lives or damage to people, but we note with concern that too little is done by local government.

The Armed Forces through protection, patrolling, surveillance, placement of necessary signs, awareness campaigns and in cooperation with local government make maximum efforts to avoid these incidents. Despite these measures, we inform that it is impossible the physical and continuous control of these remote areas that once served as demolition ranges. The General Staff of the Armed Forces assures the public that there is no demolition process underway in this area, since it was concluded in September 2012, however, cautiousness must be continuous.


OSCE mission in Crimea

Press release:

We would like to inform the public that Albania has decided to contribute two observers to the OSCE mission in Crimea.

At the request of Ukraine, and pursuant to Chapter III of the Vienna Document on Confidence and Security Building Measures of 2011, the mission consists of more than 25 OSCE member countries, including the U.S., European countries and representatives of the Centre for Conflict Prevention of the OSCE.

This observing mission is based on one of the main confidence-building measures developed by the OSCE, and includes inspections and evaluation visits that can be conducted on the territory of any participating State that has armed forces.

 


Clarification of the Ministry of Defence

The Ministry of Defence informs the public opinion that the article published today by the newspaper “Panorama”, according to which the “Ministry of Defence has prepared the draft on chemical weapons, later not approved by the government after the “No” of Prime Minister Rama”, is not true. The Ministry of Defence clarifies the public opinion that the draft decision no. 997, dated 10.12.2010 of the Council of Ministers “On the financial treatment of employees sent to work outside the centre of service, within the country”, amended, does not mention the preparation for the arrival of chemical weapons in Albania.

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