The Speaker of the Albanian Parliament, Gramoz Ruçi, hosted today his Czech counterpart, Milan Štěch.
During a joint press conference of the two officials, Ruçi praised the good political relations between the two countries.
He also called for intensification of cooperation for further economic development"We share the same opinion that the very good political relations that exist between Albania and the Czech Republic to be intensifyed in order to increase economic development in the field of tourism, infrastructure, trade etc.", said Ruçi.
While the chairman of the Senate of the Assembly of Czech Republic Milan Štěch praised the steps made by Albania on the road to the European Union.
"I hope the relations between the two countries will be even better in the future. We are interested in cooperation, here we have representatives from several Czech ministries. We have assessed Albania's steps towards the EU and we support the opening of the negotiations this year," Štěch said.