"The state will enter the oil market"/ Rama: Albania, first in the region for the quality of public procurement

2026-03-28 18:30:00, Aktualitet CNA

"The state will enter the oil market"/ Rama: Albania, first in the

Prime Minister Edi Rama said today that preparations are being made for the state to enter the oil market. He said that this measure is being taken by the government to guarantee a more reasonable price for the sale of oil.

"We are preparing for a big change. Some conditions must be created for the state to enter this market. And with this entry, the state will guarantee reserves for any occasion. It will also affect the price of oil. By bringing it to reasonable parameters. We are preparing not only to enter with a state component, but to introduce some innovations related to technological capacities into the oil market. To mark oil, making it impossible to evade fiscal obligations. The old marker was a paint that could be easily manipulated. We will guarantee the tracking of all transit oil, which is one of the sources of smuggling. All of this will increase revenues in the state budget and a more reasonable price of oil will be guaranteed ," said Rama.

Among other things, he also spoke about the Mountain Package and public procurement. Rama said that mayors who want to run for re-election must bring to the table at least 10 signed contracts for the Mountain Package. He said that Albania today ranks first in the region for the quality of public procurement.

"You think that the Mountain Package was made for oligarchs, but there are no oligarchs in Albania. The Mountain Package is related to people who have inherited property and cannot develop it because they do not have the title of ownership. These people can develop the property by contacting the municipality and the municipality then announces the claimed areas and sees if the neighbors have claims to that land. If the neighbors do not, then it is processed. If there are claims, it is not processed. It is a matter for the owner himself. Now many things are not as they used to be. E-Albania has changed people's lives. In this process we will do something formal but we have learned that in time, we get very good results. When we leave them behind, they never recover because of "time ," said the head of government. /CNA