From 10 to 13 September 1993, a Chinese government delegation headed by the Deputy Chairman of the State Council and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China, Mr Qian Qichen, will pay an official visit to our country. This visit is being organized within the framework of developing relations between our two countries in various fields of mutual interest. During his stay in Albania, the Deputy Chairman of the State Council and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China will meet with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Prime Minister and the President of the Republic. Working meetings will also be held at the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations, where an economic agreement is also expected to be signed.

— SAYS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE DELEGATION. The day before yesterday afternoon, in one of the halls of the Palace of Congresses, Mr Atkinson, chairman of the Council of Europe delegation that visited our country, held a press conference. The scheduled conference took place after the delegation had held numerous meetings with Albanian state officials, various political parties, representatives of the minority in Albania, representatives of religious communities, associations, etc. In his remarks, Mr Atkinson, representative of the committee for countries that are not members of the Council of Europe, once again explained the purpose of the delegation’s visit, which he headed. “The aim,” he said, “is to influence countries that are not members of the Council of Europe to meet the criteria for admission to this Council. Thus today there are 31 member countries of the Council of Europe. All European countries have applied for membership of the Council of Europe. ‘Some countries have made applications, [unclear], such as Albania, and we are here to help Albania’s accession through reforms. We are here to hear a parliamentary delegation and to make further assessments.’” Mr Atkinson went on to say (Continued on page 6)

— THE PS, THE ONLY PARTY IN EUROPE TO DECLARE IT WILL VOTE AGAINST ITS OWN COUNTRY’S ACCESSION TO THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE — Unfortunately, it has often happened in Albanian political life that politicians of Serbian or Greek origin speak in the name of their nationality—Albania—to its detriment; at the height of this anti-national stance, they are even known to be proud of it. Democracy has shown that such politicians, emerging from E. Hoxha’s Marxist-Leninist Studies Institute and serving as attachés to the former communist parties of the PS, have the nerve to continue their anti-national mission. We will not mention here the anti-Albanian statements made with PASOK, or the protection given to Serbian soldiers who kill innocent Albanian citizens, merely in the name of brotherhood. We are not talking here about the speculators who sit in offices as European politicians, while not being satisfied with data or with the “Albanian dictatorship of the DP.” We are not talking here about those politicians who call for animals to be removed and dragged along. We are not talking here about those spies who worked for years and have [unclear] in the bread warehouses, [unclear] and public deception involving 9 million dollars in Western aid. We are not talking here about those who isolated Albania and, before Europe, spent 45 years launching propagandistic attacks and slurs against the USA, Germany, etc., and continue to attack them as occupiers of Albania. We are not talking here about those inspectors of the past who imposed tolerance and had Albanian socialists monitor one another—as they did with Catholics and Muslims, socialists and Democrats. We are not talking here about those 11 who, the Serbian parliament [text breaks off]—

the previous visit declared that it had forgotten, in recruiting them, more than 15 million dollars. We are not talking here about the inquisitors of 2 April and Pushë-Arrëz, who are at the helm of the PS; rather, I recall once again a quotation used earlier by my newspaper: “Even the sweetest and most beautiful word in the Albanian language sounds ugly and repulsive in Namik Dokle’s mouth! This same man, always proud to be Albanian, takes every opportunity to attack unprincipledly not only the DP and the democratic government of the DP-PSD coalition, but also those who have done him no honour.” This kind of R. Alia in the choice of president, this kind of F. Nano in defending him against corruption, having failed, continues its own profession by taking part in making the PS a “scapegoat.” After blackening democratic Albania with slander and immoral insinuations, he turns to the European parliamentarians: “Here, then, you judge: should we be admitted to the Council of Europe!..” Dokle does not want to acknowledge that whatever he may do, the merits [text unclear] for such an undesirable Albanian were already set out by RD several months ago. And after the lie has been read, Mr Dokle, before the citizens, [text unclear] the Council of Europe, [text unclear] for this shameful political conduct?! Is there no shame in politics? Is there no shame? Is it not shameful to act like Namo, who claimed Berisha was an instigator of democracy, when he should have said in plain language that Berisha led the country towards democracy with not a colleague but a determined opponent, who did not interfere at all, precisely—

F. Nano, R. Alia and their elite. Is the PS pretty boy not ashamed when he says Nano’s arrest is political and vindictive, when he knows that Nano, the former PS prime minister, is accused of corruption, abuse of office and misappropriation of 9 million dollars in European aid? Is R. Alia’s clown not ashamed when he says the DP pays people to hold counter-rallies in the districts, when it is known that they are young people who demonstrated throughout Albania against the PS—not for money, but for the ideal of democracy and out of hatred for communism and the corruption represented by the PS itself? Is Dokle not ashamed when he says the PS is being subjected to police threats, when it is known that he and his comrades led the illegal rally on 30 July; that R. Ismaili himself called people to the square; that the PS itself threatened the DP with breaking the rules; and that the PS itself issued statements threatening the lives of a female journalist and DP politicians? As for Shkodra, do not speak of it any more, Dokle, because it is your shame. You wanted to mark the city that you had massacred for 50 years in order to bring back communism, and the people of Shkodra greeted you with dynamite and eggs, just as you deserved…

democracy in Europe. That constitution was written by Dokle, while the PS abandoned it in parliament and in the streets of Albania, threatening to use force to block local government and to boycott parliament. But when, after such Serbian-style calls, 50 or 100 people showed up, you were forced to return to parliament. And, echoing his slogans, Dokle calls Albanian democracy “the disappointment of every citizen”? No, Dokle! Albanians have been disappointed by Enver’s dictatorship and by your party, not by democracy. The only people disappointed by Albanian democracy are the Serbian and Greek agitators who want Albania without Albanians and without democracy. Your vote, Dokle, in the name of the PS against Albania’s accession to the Council of Europe is a disgrace, a great disgrace for you and your discredited politicians. The glee with which your press welcomed Albania’s non-admission to the Council of Europe shows the opposite of what you said about the DP, Dokle. We may have taken 40 percent of the members of the PK from you, but do not forget that those 40 percent now lead the PS in [unclear] leadership. It is you, Pëllumbi, Ruci, Brokaj, Agolli, Haxhi Dajaga, Braho, Pobrat, Lakrori, Zene[e]lli, etc., whose interests in the PK, the DP and the PS are bound together by the shared interests of power and [unclear]... Therefore, shame on the PS leaders who, using false arguments, declare themselves opposed to their own country’s accession to the Council of Europe! THE OBSERVER

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He was born in 1928 in Tianjin, Shanghai. He began his diplomatic career in 1955 as second secretary at the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in the USSR. He subsequently served as section chief and deputy director at the Ministry of Higher Education, and as counsellor at the Chinese Embassy in the USSR in 1972; in 1974 he was appointed Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Guinea and Guinea-Bissau. In 1977 he was appointed director of the Information Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and in 1982 Deputy Foreign Minister. In 1988 he was appointed Foreign Minister, and in 1993 assumed the post of Deputy Chairman of the State Council and, concurrently, Foreign Minister of the People’s Republic of China.