The Albanian Prime Minister meets in the EU with Jacques Santer, in Luxembourg with Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker and the President of the European Investment Bank Ganimatas The Albanian Prime Minister meets in the EU with Jacques Santer, in Luxembourg with Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Investment Bank Ganimatas NANO IN TIRANA WITH 250 MILLION DOLLARS Before Europe This exploits this [visit?] from Tirana marks a political [turn?] because this time he goes as head [of?] [government?]. Tirana no longer sees this [trip?] of [Fatos?] Nano to [Brussels?] as [inappropriate?], as it [was?] two [years?] ago. If Europe [today?] wants to [pour?] all its [energies?] into [stabilizing?] [Albania?], it does so [not?] for a [transitional?] [government?] anymore, but for a [stable?] cabinet that [is supported?] [broadly?]. Europe will not [wait?] anxiously for [optimistic?] [statements?], but will [watch?] the [serious?] steps toward [economic?] [reforms?]. Tirana [has not?] gone to [Luxembourg?] [simply?] to [secure?] [political?] [support?]. The [Albanian?] government [hopes?] that the [visit?] [will?] [turn?] into concrete [funding?]. At the center of the talks [is?] the [help?] of the European Commission and the European Investment Bank. The sum of 250 million dollars [is presented?] as a [package?] for the [recovery?] of the country. Madeleine Albright The Prime Minister of Luxembourg Jean-Claude Juncker and the Prime Minister of Albania Nano

After the political tour in Europe, the Albanian Prime Minister will travel to Washington WASHINGTON is informing, and not at all quietly, the Albanian Prime Minister, the leader of the Socialists Fatos Nano, will be in the United States. Officially invited to Washington will be the President of Albania, Rexhep Mejdani, but political reasons make it more important that the first Albanian leader officially invited to Washington will not be the President, but the Prime Minister of Albania. Madeleine Albright, perhaps the most important person in United States diplomacy, has personally invited Fatos Nano. The General Assembly of the United Nations will open on September 23 and Fatos Nano will go there as Prime Minister of the United States. There have been unacceptable, [selective?] reports according to which the President of Albania, Rexhep Mejdani, will be the first Albanian guest officially invited to Washington. Explaining this fact is easy. The invitation from the Secretary of State of the USA, Madeleine Albright, to the Albanian President, further writes in the Washington diplomatic circle, is a routine one, [as?] a traditional invitation from the head of state, also for the [integration?] meeting. By contrast, the invitation to the Albanian Prime Minister, which was sent officially and personally to Fatos Nano, was made on political grounds, [not?] protocol grounds. Tirana does not seek to hide that it would call this invitation a "favor to you." It is likely that the Albanian Prime Minister, too, [in?] a meeting with [a?] personality with [attention?] among the [participants?], but also [in?] a meeting with [a?] personality with [attention?] among the [participants?]. But above all, he is [destined?] to use this [visit?] to [promote?] [stability?] in the Balkans. Fatos Nano will be accompanied by [an advisor?] from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs [and?] [together?] with [a?] [delegation?].