OSCE Ambassador: It is time for them to reconcile They've been crying for days BY ARIAN ÇANI There is hope that two weeks for Tirana and we ended up so quickly inside a dream for confronting Prishtina. Tears are still being shed for other calm days, but will they cry calmly? Deliberately, to open the situation where until yesterday there was no sign of dialogue. What place should perhaps be taken to rebuild institutionally? Can Albania, for us, build peace with the government and the opposition in order to fix state institutions? These questions are at the center of diplomatic and political discussions these days in Tirana. Seven days before leaving for the summer holidays, two American congressmen had arrived to hold separate meetings with Prime Minister Fatos Nano, President Rexhep Meidani, and opposition leader Sali Berisha. While the latest developments in Kosovo and international pressure for stability in Albania seem to give this visit a special weight, the main conversation is focusing on the possibility of a Nano-Berisha meeting. In this political atmosphere, the OSCE ambassador has stated that it is time for them to reconcile. This statement, made at a politically tense moment, has increased public and political interest. The possible meeting would be seen as a step toward calming the climate and ensuring the normal functioning of institutions. Continues on page 3

The purge list, drafted earlier by Nano Some of the changes in the police, not mass dismissals, could cause revolts "Interior Minister Teta complains to Meidani about the mass dismissals of police directors. He considers it an untimely and unclear process. Teta asks the president to intervene in order to avoid a situation that could bring discontent among the police ranks and institutional tensions. Officials close to the minister say that the list of names of those removed was drawn up earlier and that Prime Minister Nano had an influence on it. Among them are also mentioned police station chiefs and regional directors. In this climate, Teta implies that the changes must be made carefully and not as a wave of purges. Continues on page 7

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