Waiting for the bodies of the victims of the Otranto tragedy

Deputy Minister of the Council of Ministers, Namik Dokle, expressing the gratitude of the Albanians, said at the public assembly in Vlorë that the colleagues[?] of Divjaka[?] are following with concern and pain the most serious event of this assembly. Deputy Minister of the Council of Ministers, Namik Dokle, expressing the gratitude of the Albanians, said at the public assembly in Vlorë that the colleagues[?], citizens and the entire Albanian public are following with concern and pain the most serious event of this time. He said that the Italian government, with which we have special human and cultural ties, is becoming part of this grief of ours. The Prime Minister of Italy, Romano Prodi, and his government, which today 24 hours after the end of the plenary session of Parliament, where a minute of silence was observed, have taken all measures to search for the victims and identify the guilty. The chairman of the parliamentary group of the PDS has been in the parliament of Vlorë to express the condolences of the parliamentary group, the people and the Italian government. The Italian Prime Minister, Romano Prodi, declared before the people of Vlorë that he and his government bore with their whole being the heavy weight of this tragedy. Meanwhile, 50 vessels of the Italian navy, 30 other naval units, 14 financial police units and 35 airplanes and helicopters are continuing the operations to search for the victims and the drowned bodies. The special commission of experts and specialists of the Italian government is investigating and condemning the perpetrators of the tragedy of 28 March.

At the Council of Ministers Troika-Decision on the responsibility for the tragedy of Otranto for the breach of the Otranto declaration[?] of the sea. The decisions of yesterday's government are: Troika-Decision on the responsibility of the Italian/Greek government[?] for the tragedy of Otranto for the breach of the Otranto declaration. Yesterday's government decisions are: 1. Beshkim Fino - Deputy Prime Minister of the Council of Ministers, 2. Arqile Gorea - minister, head of work of the Prime Minister, 3. Sabit Brokaj - Minister of Defense, 4. Arben Malaj, 5. Anastas Angjeli - state secretary at the Ministry of the Interior, 6. Dodi Goxhen[?] - secretary general in the presidency, 7. Luan Përzhita[?] - state secretary for local services, 8. Luan Përzhita[?] - secretary general in the government, 9. Idrit Xhafa - secretary general in the prime minister's office, 10. Spëtim Ahma[?] - chief of the prime minister's cabinet

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Joint meeting of the PSSH Presidency PRESH leaders Leaders of the PRESH Committee On Saturday, 25 October 1997, at the PSSH headquarters in Tirana, the meeting of the KPD (PRESH meeting) will take place

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