Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama and President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a 10-year safety cooperation settlement on the sidelines of the World Financial Discussion board in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 21.
The wide-ranging settlement contains cooperation between the 2 nations in areas together with protection, intelligence sharing, cyber safety, nuclear security, in addition to mutual help for every others accession into the European Union, amongst different subjects.
"Albania reaffirms its unwavering help for Ukraine's independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity inside its internationally recognised borders as of 1991," the settlement reads, including that the doc doesn’t "substitute for Ukraine’s future membership in NATO."
"Albania has been offering army and humanitarian help to Ukraine because the starting of the full-scale invasion and it’ll proceed its help all through the ten-year time period of the settlement," Zelensky wrote on X. "I’m grateful to Albania for supporting our European integration path, strengthening our positions on the battlefield, and bringing us nearer to a simply and lasting peace for Ukraine."
As Albania'smilitary help for Ukraine continues, the settlement notes that Albania will "proceed to help Ukraine in the identical method as in 2022-2024."
The settlement additionally dedicated Albania into its participation within the fighter jet coalition, an allied initiative serving to Ukraine purchase U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets and the required coaching.
"Albania will make its contribution to the fighter jet coalition by offering English language coaching for Ukrainian pilots and technicians," the settlement reads.
Albania, a member of NATO, beforehand signed a joint cooperation settlement with Ukraine in February 2024.
Just a few days prior on Jan. 19, Tirana opened its first embassy in Ukraine, establishing the nation's first everlasting diplomatic mission in Kyiv because the two nations entered into diplomatic relations in 1993.
The Kyiv IndependentDmytro Basmat
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