Arvizu: Officials should be replaced THE U.S. AMBASSADOR: THANKS TO SHAQIRI, CONTINUITY WITH AJAZI The American diplomat meets Berisha, Nishani and Rama: Albania is a NATO member, the activity of the Intelligence Service must move in the right direction The Ambassador of the United States of America, Aleksandër Arvizu, commented yesterday for the first time on the dismissal of the director of the State Intelligence Service, Bahri Shaqiri, stressing that “as far as replacement is concerned, changes are good because a state official should not remain in office for a long time.” He made this statement immediately after a meeting that lasted about 60 minutes with the head of the Socialist Party, Edi Rama. When asked about the assessment the United States has of the new head of the Albanian intelligence services, Arvizu said that what matters is that the new director of SHISH continue the activity in the proper way. “As far as I have heard, he is different from the 1990s, it is no longer SHIK but SHISH. Albania is now a NATO member, it is important that the new director continue the activity in the proper way. I am not interested in the government’s relations with this ... Rama: He was selected without On page 3