Turkey, "pressure" on Rama/ "We demand the cleansing of FETO in Albania"

2024-08-09 13:07:00, Aktualitet CNA

Turkey, "pressure" on Rama/ "We demand the cleansing of FETO in

The Ambassador of Turkey to Albania, Tayyar Kagan Atay

The ambassador of Turkey in Albania, Tayyar Kagan Atay, in a statement from Korça, disclosed the telephone conversation between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an and Prime Minister Edi Rama, held the day before.

Atay said the friendship between the two leaders is evident and that they meet often. During the conversation between Rama and Erdogan, the main topic was the pressure that the Turkish president put on the head of the Albanian government "for cleaning up the FETO organization".

"Many areas were discussed, international relations were also discussed.

As the part of the continuous request made public by our president for the cleansing of the FETO terrorist organization here in Albania, especially in the field of education and religion, was touched upon again, and this was also touched upon in the telephone conversation", he said.

Furthermore, the Turkish diplomat promised the continuation of cooperation, especially in the field of defense. Atay stopped at the 3 "Bayraktar" drones that our country has bought from Turkey and added that the support will continue, provided that our country treats the FETO organization, the same as Turkey treats it, as a terrorist organization. According to the ambassador, FETO has spread to education and religion in our country and that it will not be allowed to "poison" relations between countries.

"The strategic partnership will continue, as you also said and you know, Albania has bought 3 'Bayraktar' drones from Turkey and these relations will definitely continue.

In addition, you know that Turkey is quite developed in the field of defense, today there were 3 drones, tomorrow it could be equipment or other things, the partnership will continue.

As for the first half of the question about the phone call, you should ask Rama, I can't give an answer to what Rama said yesterday, but I want to emphasize and I can say this that the part of cleaning Feto from Albania is not only issue of Turkey, it is also an issue of the Albanian state.

So they are dangerous. This cleaning should not only be done for Turkey, it should be done for a safer future for your country as well.

We will definitely get conclusions on this topic and there are developments, and I want to emphasize that FETO organization for the continuation of partnership and the development of friendly relations. We will not allow them to poison the relationship between the two states. I, as an ambassador, have this issue as one of my primary tasks and I want to emphasize it today both in front of you and in front of the international community, this is a job that we will go to the end", declared the ambassador.

The Turkish ambassador made the statements after participating in the closing of the project organized by the Korçë District Council for training and teaching the youth of the southeastern district to take care of bees and become beekeepers. The Turkish state has provided assistance in this project through cooperation with its organizations./ CNA