Diplomatic Diary: Albania, Macedonia boost connections

by on 17/04/09 at 3:47 pm

Albanian Transport Minister Sokol Olldashi and Macedonian counterpart Mile Janakieski met in Ohrid. Also in diplomatic news this week: Germany will back Croatia’s EU bid and Macedonia’s defence minister headed to Montenegro.

Albania and Macedonia agreed on Friday (April 10th) to improve transport and communication links between the two countries. At a meeting in Ohrid, Albanian Transport Minister Sokol Olldashi and Macedonian counterpart Mile Janakieski said there are ongoing preparations to build an expressway between Skopje and Tirana. Janakieski remarked Macedonia is also planning to construct 56km of railway by 2010 to connect its network with Albania.

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