President Berisha's visit to Italy continues Friendships are not signed, they are built On the evening before last, the President, Mrs. Berisha, as well as the delegation accompanying them were special guests of honor at the Presidential Palace, the “Quirinale,” of the Italian President Oscar Luigi Scalfaro. At the entrance to the Quirinale, a brass band, mounted military guards accompanied by the Albanian and Italian national anthems, greeted President Berisha in the official welcome ceremony. In the meeting that took place, Italian President Scalfaro emphasized and praised the historical friendship between our two peoples, strengthened even more by our geographical position. The Adriatic is more of a link than a dividing line between us, Scalfaro said. The signing of our agreements, President Berisha said in this meeting, is not the beginning but the culmination of cooperation between Italy and Albania. Friendships are not signed but built, said President Berisha. The meeting also discussed problems of migration, the possibility of seasonal employment, encouraging Italian investments in Albania, and the progress of work on infrastructure construction. President Berisha also requested the involvement of the Italian Insurance Institute to guarantee Italian investments in Albania. The talks also touched on the situation in the Balkan region. At the dinner at the Quirinale attended by President Berisha, President Scalfaro was joined by the Prime Minister of Italy, Lamberto Dini. Bilateral cooperation was discussed extensively. Dini praised Albania's economic growth in a very short time and stated that the Italian government is very interested in cooperation with the Albanian government, in increasing capital, promoting Italian investments, ensuring the swift implementation of projects already under way, and drafting new projects. Berisha and Dini also discussed migration issues, where both said that Italy's acceptance of seasonal workers is in the interest of both our peoples and our two countries. Dini undertook to ask the Italian Insurance Institute to speed up the discussions on guarantees in order to give assurances to guarantee Italian investments in Albania. President Berisha before journalists On the other hand, at the Quirinale Mrs. Berisha was explaining to journalists that Scalfaro, after the various visits in Rome during the day yesterday, also visited the internal anti-presidential areas of the Italian presidential palace. For about 60 minutes, in the morning in one of the rooms of the Excelsior hotel, journalists from Italian television networks, newspapers, and well-known Italian magazines, through a question-and-answer dialogue with President Berisha, had the best opportunity to receive extensive information about Albania, its economic developments, Albanian-Italian cooperation, the migration issue, the fight against genocide, Albania's policy in the Balkans, etc. Berisha spoke to journalists about the two main directions of Albanian-Italian cooperation: first, bilateral cooperation and greater Italian engagement in building infrastructure in Albania, and second, the further activation of Italian private investors in Albania. Berisha also explained that cooperation to prevent clandestine migration will be intensified; for this, Berisha's ambassador, through broader cooperation in the region, has determined that we must take measures to eliminate clandestine migration from Albania or from third countries. For this, said the President, we have asked the Italian government to approve an agreement for seasonal employment, and here we have found understanding both from the Italian Prime Minister Dini and from Mrs. Agnelli. Berisha also informed the journalists that in all meetings with Italian leaders we have spoken about intensifying Albania's relations of integration into European and international institutions. After a journalist's question, President Berisha also confirmed the necessary details about the genocide law. The journalists wanted to know about Albania's policy in the Balkans after Berisha's visit to Brussels. Here President Berisha dwelled on the issue of Kosovo and once again emphasized the insistence of the Albanian government and the Albanian state that Kosovo be placed at the negotiating table as a problem requiring much more immediate urgency. President Berisha also praised the recent visits of leaders of Italian political parties to Albania. We follow you, we value you and we support you At the altar of the homeland in Piazza Venezia, President Berisha paid tribute to the fallen. The laying of the wreath by the President is marked by the ceremony organized for this occasion. A few meters from Piazza Venezia, President Berisha is invited to Campidoglio, the seat of the Rome municipality, by the head of this major center himself, Francesco Rutelli. The mayor in Rome has determined that the Democratic Left Municipality, Rutelli and his party. Albania are of long standing, but their relationship is still important, especially after the turn Albania made in recent years. We follow you, we value you and we support you, Rutelli told President Berisha. And in this regard, your visit here is a seal of the friendship consolidated over the years. Rome, Italy and Albania must remain permanent friends, said Rutelli. President Berisha, also appreciating his understanding of the current honors of the Italian government, invited municipal officials to encourage Roman investors to come to Albania, and here the Chamber of Commerce of Rome can make a contribution of great value. Albania offers conditions for development, low cost, high profit, and offers economic and political stability for investors, said President Berisha. Albanian art in Rome At the Exhibition Palace in Rome everything is ready for the inauguration ceremony of the first exhibition by an Albanian painter who is presenting works in this important center of Italian art and culture. The 26 paintings of the 74-year-old Kel Kodheli receive congratulations and compliments from President Berisha, the Mayor of Rome Rutelli, the Italian ambassador Foresti, and the other attendees. Born in Shkoder, raised in Tirana and educated mostly in Italy, Kel Kodheli remains one of the realist painters of his generation who knew how to preserve the independence and originality of his creative work, untouched by ideological influences. Kodheli represents, according to the criticism of the communist regime, one of the most striking names, while today he is among the most valued figures in the center of Albanian art. Pope John Paul II receives Berisha At 12:30, in the climax of President Sali Berisha's visit to Italy, the meeting at the Vatican with Pope John Paul II took place. We note that the Berisha-Pope John Paul II meeting comes on the eve of the 18th anniversary of his entry into the Holy See. It is the second time President Berisha has met the Holy Father at the Vatican. The conversation between Berisha and Pope John Paul II lasted about 25 minutes, and then in the large reception room the President, Mrs. Berisha and the other members of the Albanian delegation exchanged traditional symbolic gifts from the two countries. The Holy Father Pope John Paul II conveyed at the end of the meeting his greetings to President Berisha and through him to the entire Albanian people his blessing: “Long live Albania! God bless Albania! I will pray for it!” With President Berisha's meeting with Pope John Paul II at the Vatican, the most important meetings and talks of President Berisha in Rome ended, to continue today with the visit to the Calabria region, where President Berisha will meet the Albanian community there.

SAMI MILLOSHI Long live Albania! God bless Albania! I will pray for it! These were the words that Pope John Paul II said yesterday to President Berisha as a message to all Albanians. This is not the first time that His Holiness has blessed Albania and the Albanians; the question he asked the Albanian land when he stepped off the plane two years ago in Rinas is still alive in memory. The Pope's blessing has been a path of success for Albanians; they are with God's grace on the road of peace and goodness, on the road to prosperity and abundance. But the road that has been set out has been successful. Albanians now know this and are rising to make up for lost time, but they still have their precious conscience. And God loves Albania. God bless Albania! - said the Pope again. “I will pray for it!” he repeated. Thank you, Our Holy Father! The friendship of Albanians springs like clear water from our mountains. Long live Albania! God bless the Albanians as they renew their spirit in the Pope's prayers.

The General Secretary of PDSH, Prof. Dr. Tritan Shehu, on the so-called “Center Pole” Question: How would you comment on the statements by Gjinishtapo Çeka about the creation of the “Center Pole”? Prof. Dr. Tritan Shehu: Historically these two parties, the PSD and the PAD, are linked by old traditions, with the far left, with the PS. The PSD was created by Ramiz Alia, at the time when he and the PP were threatened by the ideals of political pluralism. The PAD also has, to date, proof against the Albanian democratic movement, and they are still serving that regime. Their current declaration about creating a stir in the electorate. Their platform is the platform of the far left. No centrist party will support it. These political forces continue their mission in defense of the PS. This “pole,” these parties, are two political parties that have voted not only against democratic laws in general, but for the PS and the far left; but especially they have stood aside and revealed their great identity in the fight they waged against communist genocide and its condemnation. This connection shows not only their views, not only their ties to the far left, but also the fact that they have been deeply stained by the former regime. These are two forces that have served Ramiz Alia. Perhaps the time has come for a proposal made earlier, to create a force and an alliance between PS - PDS - PAD, these being now particularly tied to their role as one another, but still with the same aim, to serve the far left, the mother party, the Socialist Party.

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"FINANCIAL TIMES" ON ALBANIA - 12 articles, 5 full pages, by Doun & Martinson, dated 2 October 1995 Trade moves to the west p. 4 - Trade moves to the west By KEVIN DONE Prepared by: UKZENEL BUÇPAPAJ

Top secret. Minutes of the meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the PLA on 8 October 1982 "This was also the latest case, with what happened in Peze, as if you had been agitated, as if you yourself had given the “cucumber treatment” to comrade Prokop's attitude there" “This was also the latest case, with what happened in Peze, as if you had been agitated, as if you yourself had given the “cucumber treatment” to comrade Prokop's attitude there” PAGE 5

Detained Organizers of an Illegal Meeting - p. 2 The accusations against genocide are in the thousands Interview with Mr. Mojsi Mirakaj - p. 3 Miners in support of democracy - p. 2 PDSH invited to the congress of RPR, France Minister of Defence Zhulali in the USA