EP: Edi Rama's statement inappropriate

BRUSSELS - The European Parliament's (EP) Foreign Affairs Committee has described Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama's recent statement about unification of Kosovo and Albania as inappropriate, during a debate at the EP on the reports assessing the progress made by Bosnia-Herzegovina and Albania, Al Jazeera has published on its website.

In the recent interview that Rama and Kosovo's Foreign Minister Hasim Taci have given together to Pristina-based broadcaster Klan-Kosova, the Albanian prime minister has said there are two alternatives for "the unification of Kosovo and Albania", and that everything depends on the EU's approach.

The first option is the unification within the EU. However, if the EU closes the door to Kosovo's EU integration then, as Rama put it, "the two states will be forced to unite in a classic way".

Chair of the EU-Serbia Stabilization and Association Parliamentary Committee Eduard Kukan said for the Monday issue of the Belgrade-based daily Blic that he got nervous when he heard what Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said about the unification of Kosovo and Albania, and underscored that he does not like such statements.

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