Albania s president lambasts US ambassador on TV talk show
Llazar Semini
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Albanian President Ilir Meta speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Tirana, Albania, Wednesday, April 21, 2021. Albanias president waded deep into the country s parliamentary election campaign Wednesday, accusing the left-wing government of running a kleptocratic regime and bungling its pandemic response. In an interview with The Associated Press, Ilir Meta also said he would step down if Prime Minister Edi Rama s Socialists who are leading the main opposition conservatives in opinion polls win Sunday s vote. (AP Photo/Hektor Pustina)
TIRANA – Albania s president has accused the U.S. ambassador of intervening in the small European country’s internal affairs by supporting its prime minister in an upcoming parliamentary election.
Albanian President Ilir Meta speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Tirana, Albania, Wednesday, April 21, 2021. Albania’s president waded deep into the country s parliamentary election campaign Wednesday, accusing the left-wing government of running a “kleptocratic regime†and bungling its pandemic response. In an interview with The Associated Press, Ilir Meta also said he would step down if Prime Minister Edi Rama s Socialists — who are leading the main opposition conservatives in opinion polls — win Sunday s vote. (AP Photo/Hektor Pustina)
TIRANA, Albania – Albania’s president has accused the U.S. ambassador of intervening in the small European country’s internal affairs by supporting its prime minister in an upcoming parliamentary election.
Albanian president slams US envoy for election interference
Speaking in live TV broadcast, President Ilir Meta alleged that Washington is trying to ensure that incumbent prime minister, Edi Rama, forms the next government.
Meta slammed the US ambassador in a live television show on Friday
Albania and the United States have become embroiled in a diplomatic spat after the country s president accused Washington s ambassador of interfering in the general election set for Sunday.
The president of the Balkan nation, Ilir Meta, claimed on live television that Ambassador Yuri Kim was backing incumbent prime minister, Edi Rama.
Rama and Meta have long been bitter poltical rivals
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