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The 212 Afghan citizens who stayed in our country for several months were escorted to the US by US Ambassador Yuri Kim and Foreign Minister Olta Xhaçka.
The Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Olta Xhaçka, and the US Ambassador, Yuri Kim, participated in the handover ceremony to the US of Afghans, who took refuge in Albania for 6 months, after fleeing the war in their country.
According to Minister Xhaçka, the operation to host 2,400 Afghan citizens has further strengthened Albania’s alliance and friendship with the United States.
“This is the end of an operation, for which we obviously gave everything, we gave our heart and mind. We saw you and welcomed you as guests, but you also became our friends. Today our friends are leaving. I hope that you always have a good memory of this country, of Albania, of its people and that in the future you will return to visit us. This operation, your evacuations and your shelter, not only helped you, but I strongly believe that it also helped us.“, Said the Albanian chief diplomat.
Ambassador Kim praised Albania for its contribution to sheltering Afghans fleeing the war.
“What I have learned in my two years here in Albania is that the Albanian people take very seriously the opportunity, the responsibility to open the door to a foreigner in need and to make you feel that you are truly a guest. If you go to an Albanian in your darkest moment, when you are cold, when you are hungry, or thirsty, an Albanian will open the door wide and give you the last crumbs of bread, the last grains of salt and all that they hold in their heart. It is a matter of honor. So thank you to our Albanian hosts “underlined the American ambassador in Tirana.
Albania was one of the first countries to open its doors to Afghans, offering them shelter and protection as they fled the horror created in their country by the war. As of August 26, 2,400 Afghan citizens arrived in our country, 600 of whom have so far left for the USA, Canada and some European countries.
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