Italy Backs Albania's Nato Accession but with Greece is waiting to.....

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27 09 2007, Tirana, Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi has given his strong backing to Albania’s aspiration to join NATO at a meeting with his Albanian counterpart on Wednesday.
Prodi expressed his appreciation for Tirana’s policy on organized crime and corruption, and encouraged Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha to push through reforms required for his country’s integration into the EU.

After the meeting Berisha declared that he was pleased with the support he had received from Prodi at their meeting in New York.

“The Italian Prime Minister assured me of his country’s active support for Albania’s integration into NATO”, he said, according to a press release from his office.

Albania is hoping to receive a formal invitation from next year's NATO summit in Bucharest to join the Alliance.

On Thursday he took part in the opening of the world leaders’ summit organized in view of the “Clinton Global Initiative,” which aims to tackle major challenges through active engagement in fields like energy, education and climate change.

Annyway Albania, would have next months a strong opposition Greece for it aspiration to NATO, which is waiting from Tirana to complet the politicaly and civil rigths reforms particularly the politicaly requets of Greek Ethnic Minority which is passed a dangerous period last years. The New Greek Parliament is waiting to ratifice tow agreements with Albania, one to join Albania to NATO next Summit of Bucarest in 2008 and seconde to help Albania to acces Association Stabilisation Proces with European Union.

Athens has expresed his decision to make veto against any position of FYROM to join to NATO Alliance, if Skopie does not change it direction for the name of Macedonia.