Meeting of President Berisha with the inhabitants of the town of Pogradec and the commune of Starova In possession of the speeches Albania is also winning by taking its place in the Mediterranean more attractive for the future. From the meeting with the socialists of Pogradec, the old figure exists. Likewise, the state will subsidize seeds, chemical fertilizers, motor-powered stations, and plant nurseries for farmers. The PD alternative for agriculture, including land and agriculture, is to reform it quickly and make it competitive, for itself and for profit. As announced, President Berisha held an electoral meeting yesterday with the residents of the town of Pogradec. During this meeting, in which thousands of residents of the town of Pogradec and surrounding areas participated, President Berisha, welcomed with ovations by those present, described the meeting as a great manifestation of enthusiasm and confidence in the victory of the PD. “This manifestation is a clear sign of our overwhelming victory on 26 May,” he said. President Berisha said that Albania is becoming a safe country, with great opportunities for investment, with steady economic growth and improved infrastructure. He stressed that one of the main priorities of the PD remains the development of agriculture, the increase of production and the securing of markets for farmers. He also spoke about improvements in education, healthcare and living conditions in rural areas, promising greater support for the countryside and farmers. At the end of his speech, President Berisha said he was convinced that the victory of the PD would be overwhelming and that citizens would choose the path of development and European integration. We assure Albanian farmers that we will turn Albania into the great land, the most attractive country for investment. Likewise, the state will subsidize seeds, chemical fertilizers, motor-powered stations, and plant nurseries for farmers.

Tomorrow the Albanian foreign minister at the U.S. Department of State Albanian Foreign Minister Alfred Serreqi will meet with U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher during his official visit to the USA on 8 May in Washington. Albanian Foreign Minister Alfred Serreqi will meet with U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher at the Department of State in Washington. The news was announced yesterday by the State Department spokesman, Nicholas Burns. The spokesman said that the Serreqi-Christopher meeting will discuss the most important issues in these Albanian elections. For the successful conduct of the elections in Kosovo as well as for strengthening Albanian-American ties. A well-known topic in this meeting is believed to be the crisis in the former Yugoslavia, where, according to a source close to the State Department, Albania’s support for the implementation of the Dayton Agreement is important. The news of the Serreqi-Christopher meeting is also reported in detail by the American daily “New York Times”, in an article published yesterday entitled “Alfred Serreqi will meet with Christopher on the Kosovo issue”. According to sources of this newspaper, Minister Serreqi’s visit to the USA and his talks with U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher were also mentioned in a published letter from Russian Foreign Minister Yevgeny Primakov, which he sent the day before yesterday to the pan-European conference assembled in New York under the title “MATI” (?) concerning the overall situation in Kosovo. The title of the letter and many elements of it are difficult to read in this copy.

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Statements by the spokesperson of PDSH PS leaders said in their leadership that the USA, after the agreement with Omonia, created a very alarming situation in the south of the country. The USA also put pressure on its administration in the USA to help MAVI politically and to coordinate terrorist and anti-national actions with other anti-Albanian circles. According to these positions, the PS has taken this cooperation seriously and has turned it into a platform for destabilizing the country. MAVI is an extremist terrorist anti-Albanian organization. Its statements about changing borders and altering the constitutional order are unacceptable. But although the Albanian government has reacted firmly to this provocation, the Socialist Party of Albania has not only failed to condemn it, but has welcomed its positions and called for cooperation with destabilizing elements. The Democratic Party considers this position a serious political act that goes against the national interests and the stability of the country. It calls on citizens to reject any attempt at alliances with foreign circles acting against Albania.

They write in a petition to President Berisha The bloody event in Vlora with the killing of police officer Ardian Abduli, the maiming of the Albanian PS, asks PS for its candidate and calls on it to work constructively in the electoral process. The petition protests against hate propaganda and calls on institutions to react to it. The document also mentions episodes of violence and threats that have accompanied the political climate of recent days. Page 3

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