Summit/ Rama: Diaspora, a force for development

2026-04-12 09:49:00, Politikë CNA

Prime Minister Edi Rama, in his podcast "Flasim", spoke about the Diaspora Summit that will be held this week starting tomorrow until April 15.

Rama emphasized that today the Diaspora is a concrete force for development and it comes to this summit for the first time after a historic involvement in the country's political elections.

He underlined that the challenge is not only to maintain this connection at a symbolic level, but to structure an entire network of hearts and minds that create added value in a collaboration that produces results for the country and not just for Albanians themselves, wherever they are.

"In the week that starts tomorrow, we welcome to Tirana the Diaspora Summit, the fourth edition, which once again brings together Albanians from all over the world, those who live and work abroad, but who have their eyes on Albania and, whenever they get the chance, think, communicate or visit Albania.

We start on April 13th with the welcome ceremony, where the focus will be on people and their stories, stories of success, work and dedication, which are also stories of Albanian pride everywhere, but, at the same time, also an opening for appreciation.

Appreciation, not only for Albanians who have achieved and contributed abroad, but also for their friends, foreign friends who have chosen to be part of the Albanian path, have come together and have united, in a way, the wings of our eagle.

Today, the diaspora is a concrete force for development and it comes to this summit for the first time after a historic involvement in the country's political elections. It comes as an expanded space of Albania beyond its borders and returns to an Albanian reality in continuous transformation, more and more as a partner, as a direct partner, starting from political elections, then to the economy and, step by step, on the paths of knowledge towards the new spaces of the future.

And our challenge is not only to maintain this connection at a symbolic level, but to structure an entire network of hearts that beat for Albania everywhere and minds that create added value in a cooperation that produces results for the country and not just for Albanians themselves, wherever they are," said Rama./ CNA