Strasbourg, 18.02.2010 – The President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), Mevlüt Çavusoglu, and the leaders of the five political groups (1) together with the monitoring co-rapporteurs for Albania (2) will visit Tirana on 22 and 23 February, when they will meet the President of the Republic, the Speaker of the Parliament, the Prime Minister, leaders of political parties and representatives of the international community.
Their visit is a response to the request made by the Assembly in its Resolution 1709 (3), to “support the process of resolving the current political situation and assist President Topi in his role of mediator and his efforts to restore political dialogue”.
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A press conference is scheduled for Tuesday 23 February at 10.30 a.m. at the Hotel Rogner, Bulevardi Deshmoret e Kombit in Tirana.
Contact: PACE Communication Division, tel: +33 3 88 41 31 93
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(1) Luca Volontè, EPP/CD ; Andreas Gross, SOC ; Anne Brasseur, ALDE ; David Wilshire, EDG ; Tiny Cox, UEL
(2) Jaakko Laakso (Finland, UEL) and David Wilshire (United Kingdom, EDG)
(3) adopted on 28 January 2010 at its plenary session
