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17/03/2011
A pivotal meeting ten years ago set the stage for political change.
By Linda Karadaku for Southeast European Times in Tirana – 17/03/11
A pivotal meeting ten years ago set the stage for political change.
By Linda Karadaku for Southeast European Times in Tirana – 17/03/11
When communist Albania began opening up 21 years ago, the regime hoped to retain power while introducing reforms. It chose a diplomatic strategy of "equidistance" in which it cultivated relations with both Washington and Moscow.
That stance "caused a delay in establishing diplomatic relations with the United States", former Albanian diplomat Genc Mlloja tells SETimes.
But time was not on the communists' side. In March 1991, when Albania and the United States signed a Memorandum of Understanding at the State Department, the Albanian delegation included representatives of the emerging opposition, which came to power a year later. ...more...
That stance "caused a delay in establishing diplomatic relations with the United States", former Albanian diplomat Genc Mlloja tells SETimes.
But time was not on the communists' side. In March 1991, when Albania and the United States signed a Memorandum of Understanding at the State Department, the Albanian delegation included representatives of the emerging opposition, which came to power a year later. ...more...
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