Our Armed Forces continue their contribution to the NATO Resolute Support mission in Afghanistan. Their commitment was also confirmed by the conversation that Prime Minister Edi Rama had with representatives of the Albanian contingents in Afghanistan, where Minister of Defense Olta Xhaçka is undertaking a visit.
Defense Minister Xhaçka visited the Burrel Regional Support Detachment, whose military members cope with Search and Rescue (SAR) operations, as well as Civil Emergencies in the districts of Lezha district and Dibra.
"I can say with great pride that we offer today what no one else can offer. We are those who, the AAF are those who intervene when everyone else surrenders, when all the others put their hands up because they cannot do anything in conditions of Civil Emergencies, when weather conditions cause isolation on some residential centers, which need our care and commitment to address them. AF do what local and central government cannot do; and our message is that we will always be by the side of the citizens on their most difficult day," - said Minister Xhaçka.
Albania has launched a nationwide drive to renovate the long-neglected cemeteries of its war dead in the run-up to 29 November, the anniversary of the country's liberation from German occupation.
Defence Minister Olta Xhacka made the announcement during a tour of a cemetery in Peshkopi, the site of several resistance battles against Italian and later German forces during the Second World War.
The work is being carried out by local authorities and the army, and involves clearing overgrown shrubbery, restoring cracked marble and tiles, and repaving walkways.
In an event organized at Skanderbeg Square in Tirana, Albania Armed Forces Wind Orchestra performed a concert with UK Corps of Army Music, CAMUS, which is on a 2 - week visit to Albania. This concert has attended by the Deputy Minister of Defence Petro Koçi, representatives of British Embassy and also representatives of Tirana Municipality.
As a continuation of the training between U.K and Albania, nine British musicians from the Band of the Prince of Wales's Division, has undertaken a 2 - week training to Albania starting from November 1, 2017. British musicians train together with the Albanian Armed Forces Band as part of their tour, therefore the Office of the British Defence Attaché in Tirana organized this interesting and specific concert for the Albanian public.
Hundreds of residents of Muzhaka in Burrel and surrounding villages will not have problems on the daily commute especially during the winter season.
The Armed Forces completed the construction of a "bailey" bridge, which facilitates pupil mobility to the village school, as well as of residents to the city, to the health center and the offices of the administrative unit.
On the completion of bridge's construction also attended the country's Prime Minister Edi Rama, who was accompanied by Defense Minister Olta Xhaçka and Defense Deputy Minister Petro Koçi.
