Speaker of Parliament, Mr. Ilir Meta, was received by the President of Parliament of Morocco, Mr. Rachid Talbi Alami.

Speaker of Parliament, Mr. Meta and the President of the Parliament of Morocco, Mr. Alami assessed the traditional relations between both peoples and shared the conviction that the intensification of parliamentary exchanges will serve the strengthening of overall relations between Albania and Morocco. In this respect, Mr. Alami underlined that the visit of Mr. Meta in Morocco opens a new page of relations between both countries in the future.

Assessing the visionary reforms undertaken by the King Mohammed VI and the government of Morocco, Mr. Meta emphasized that stability and development of Morocco is a very important contribution for the entire region expressing the will of Albanian pair to increase common efforts in the fight against terrorism and in function of the increase of security, peace and economic development of the Mediterranean.

Focusing on the concretizing of cooperation between both countries, Mr. Meta highlighted the importance of fulfilling the bilateral legal frame work, which will open the road for a significant increase of economic and trade exchanges between Albania and Morocco. “Our relations have a clear perspective and potential of development,” Mr. Meta stated “and for this purpose we need to work together to further concretization.”

Mr. Alami and Mr. Meta shared the conviction that both parliaments should strengthen the cooperation in bilateral level and in the frame work of international platforms such as UNO, Mediterranean Union, the Organization for Islamic Cooperation and Inter-Parliamentary Union not only through the groups of Friendship but also through reciprocal parliamentary committees.

Mr. Meta reiterated the invitation for a visit of the President of the House of Representatives of Morocco, Mr. Alami in Albania.

At the end of the meeting, Mr. Meta gave a press conference.

“It is a great pleasure for me, as the Speaker of the Parliament of Albania, to be here in Morocco and to meet the President of the House of Representatives of Morocco, Mr. Rachid Talbi Alami. An honored colleague with whom we shared the strong will to strengthen further the very good relations that exist between our two countries, to have a bigger cooperation between both parliaments in the future, to support each-other in forums or international organizations. I would like to work together to encourage our governments to complete as soon as possible the legal frame work of the relations in sectors such as economy, trade or culture between Albania and Morocco. Because we are ambitious for a better future for our countries, for our peoples but at the same time we feel ambitious to establish more productive relations between the Kingdom of morocco and the Republic of Albania.

This is not the first visit of the Speaker of Parliament of Albania to morocco but the second one. This indicates that Albania is determined to improve further the relations with Morocco. We think that Morocco is a key factor for the stability of this region and at the same time a very important country for the future of the entire continent. We should look forward to have a better future of the relations between both countries.”