'In the future we can produce Albanian cars'

 

 Entrepreneur Arjeta Puca, who produces cars in her factory in Albania and has been selected by the UN to produce 500 ambulances to be donated to Ukraine, was invited by Prime Minister Edi Rama to his podcast 'Flasim' (Let's Talk).

Puca's cars are used to transport war casualties in Ukraine, for emergency medical services, the Albanian National Emergency, the Armed Forces, and firefighting.

"Today's personality is Arjeta Puca. A person with extraordinary complexity, but let me say from the beginning before we delve into the world of this personality, she is an Albanian girl who, along with other girls even younger than her, produces cars," said Prime Minister Rama.

During her interview with Prime Minister Rama, Puca revealed that she left with her family for Turkey at the age of four in 1991 and returned to Albania at the age of 30 to pursue her dream.

Calling herself an Albanian girl who loves her country, Arjeta said that when she returned, everyone asked her why she came back.

"When I first came to Albania, people would say that it's impossible. And I took it as a joke. On the first day I went to the notary, opened my company, and he said 'Bravo, but it won't work,' and I was surprised, it seemed like a joke to me. The constant question was why I came back, there's no future. And when they heard that I had been to Germany, they asked why I didn't get the paperwork done there, but came to Albania. I said, 'I have a company here, you tell me to go to Germany and work as an employee, I don't understand the logic.' These questions constantly surprised me. There were some who preferred that you have your own company, be in charge of your own state, but still go and work in Germany, for example. It seemed very strange to me, but I'm changing their minds by showing that it's better to stay here and do something," said Puca.

Puca said, among other things, that Albania can produce its own cars. "We have no reason not to do it, and those who have done it haven't had any great science because normally when you think about it, the production of cars is a kind of combination of engines, pistons, and everything together. Good work is needed, and then it can be achieved very easily," Puca said.

Prime Minister Rama said he would be 100% available.

"It would be a great honor if you would mark me in your company as a porter, without pay. Meaning all the girls in line and finally the porter, Edi Rama. To bear the weight of support and push forward that Arjeta, I don't know why I imagined it in red, I imagined it in red as a 'New Generation of Ferrari from the Balkans'," Rama said.