Education of Albanian children, Nikolla in Athens
06/03/2014

The Minister of Education and Sport, Lindita Nikolli, accompanied by the Albanian Ambassador to Athens, Dashnor Dervishi, held a meeting with her Greek counterpart in Athens, Kostandinos Arvanitopoulos.

Both ministers agreed for cooperation and exchange of experiences between both parties. They signed an agreement for establishing a group of experts who will review the school texts.

The Ministers discussed about a new cooperation between the children who study in Albania and those who study in Greece.

“We were able to progress in reaching a cooperation in education and science. We decided the cooperation plan in a short-term and long-term view, by signing the agreement and by establishing a joint group of experts who will review the texts. But, beside that, also for the entire reform of the higher education and science in Albania. We have a very sincere appreciation for everything that Albania and Greece are doing, especially the Greek presidency for Albania’s European integration”, Nikolla declared.

“This was a constructive meeting to start off what we discussed in Tirana, the strtegic relations between our two countries especially in education, a very high-sensitive area. I had the chance to reiterate the will of the Greek government in supporting the European progress of Albania, a will that has been expressed by us in all levels”, declared the Greek Minister of Education.

The Greek Minsiter added that in this meeting they discussed about the issues of the Greek minority in Albania, and about the emigrated community in Greece, valuing it as a further investment of our two people.