- Title: ROMANIA-ALBANIA/RAMA Romania, Albania discuss EU integration and energy
- Date: 27th February 2015
- Summary: PONTA AND RAMA ENTERING HALL CAMERAMEN ALBANIAN AND ROMANIAN FLAGS ROMANIA LABOUR MINISTER, ROVANA PLUMB, AND ALBANIAN LABOUR MINISTER, ERION VELIAJ, SIGNING DOCUMENTS ALBANIAN DELEGATION ROMANIAN DELEGATION DELEGATIONS DURING THE MEETING RAMA PONTA PONTA AND RAMA ARRIVING FOR NEWS CONFERENCE ROMANIAN SOLDIER (SOUNDBITE) (Romanian) ROMANIAN PRIME MINISTER, VICTOR PONTA, SAYING: "Actually, one of the points in our discussion was referring to the expertise Romania can offer to Albania in its EU integration process." (SOUNDBITE) (Albanian) ALBANIAN PRIME MINISTER, EDI RAMA, SAYING: (ACCORDING TO OFFICIAL TRANSLATION) "We discussed something which has also been discussed at the European Commission, the creation of a network of experts in our administration and institutions, which will assist Albania in its European Union integration." (SOUNDBITE) (Romanian) ROMANIAN PRIME MINISTER, VICTOR PONTA, SAYING: "Romania has an energy surplus which can be used by Albania. We have to find a contractual frame for this." LOGO OF ROMANIAN GOVERNMENT VICTOR PONTA AND EDI RAMA LEAVING GOVERNMENT BUILDING
- Embargoed: 14th March 2015 12:00
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- Location: Romania
- Country: Romania
- Topics: General
- Reuters ID: LVA3BG7525HS1OO9LF4OF4PJTA9Y
- Story Text: Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama met with his Romanian counterpart Victor Ponta on Friday (February 27), at the start of a three day official visit to Romania.
During the meeting, Romanian labour minister Rovana Plumb and Albanian labour minister Erion Veliaj signed an agreement to provide social security benefits for Albanians working in Romania and Romanians working in Albania.
Ponta and Rama discussed the Albanian integration process with the European Union.
"[O]ne of the points in our discussion was referring to the expertise Romania can offer to Albania in its EU integration process," Ponta told a news conference after the meeting.
The process would include sending experts from EU member states to advise Albanian officials during the integration process.
"We discussed something which has also been discussed at the European Commission, the creation of a network of experts in our administration and institutions, which will assist Albania in its European Union integration," Rama said.
A plan to export Romania's energy surplus to the Balkan state was also discussed, but would need the preparation of a formal framework, Ponta said. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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