There is a "sincere, solid and
active" collaboration between Italy and Albania, "my two
homelands." So says Albanian-born Marche regional councilor
Lindita Elezi (League), upon returning from a mission to Tirana
to attend the Arbëreshë-III summit of the Albanian diaspora. A
meeting at which they worked, she says, "on a model of loyal
sharing of goals and methods for social and cultural growth in
the face of the increasingly global challenges we face." Elezi,
among Albanian emigrants around the world, met with President of
the Republic of Albania Bajram Begaj, Prime Minister Edi Rama,
and Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Igli
Hasani.Touching was the meeting with Interior Minister Taulant
Balla with whom the issue of the murder in Sirolo of young
Albanian laborer Kladji Bitri, who was killed with a spear gun
for defending an Italian father of the family during an argument
over trivial road reasons.
"The Arbëreshë community in Italy has been present for more
than 5 centuries: Albanian immigrant communities have grown in
virtuous symbiosis with local ones especially in Calabria,
Sicily, Apulia, Campania, Molise, and Abruzzo," explains the
councilwoman who has lived in the Marche region for 30 years
and, thanks to her political and social commitment, is a point
of reference for her community of origin and her adopted
community. "An example of integration has helped develop in
Albania the vision of an integration based on shared rules and
civic values. It is no coincidence that Italy has found on the
other side of the Adriatic Sea the necessary shore not to remain
alone in facing a global problem such as the current massive
migration flows.A natural shore also for the Marche and their
projects in the field of the Adriatic Ionian Macroregion,"
Councilwoman Elezi concluded.
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