From the Parliament of Albania, the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Elisa Spiropali, focused on the relationship with Kosovo as a historical and national responsibility.
Albania, said Spiropali, will remain a strong voice for Kosovo’s rights, for its international integration and for the dignity of its state, because the stability of the region goes through a strong Kosovo, recognized and integrated in the Euro-Atlantic structures.
“Albania is and will remain committed to international justice. But international justice is not an abstract concept. It is measured by the standard of equality, its coherence and the ability not to turn into an instrument of one-sided historical readings. The Kosovo war was not a conflict for power. It was a fight for survival and freedom, after a long period of systematic repression. This is an internationally documented historical fact. For this reason, any judicial process related to that period must be developed with a full awareness of the context, of the disproportion of force and of the reality of the crimes committed against the civilian population”, said Spiropali.
Spiropali stressed that justice cannot function with double standards, it cannot create the perception that the victim and the aggressor are placed on the same moral and historical plane.
“Albania will defend with dignity the historical truth of Kosovo. It will defend the principle that justice must be impartial, but not blind to reality. And it will stand by any process that guarantees high legal standards, transparency and equal treatment. Because without fair justice, there is no lasting reconciliation. And without historical truth, there is no lasting peace in the region,” declared the Foreign Minister.
