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AIIS director: Albania-Kosovo union would create a weak state, if not an ungovernable one

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Albert Rakipi, Ph.D., is the Chairman of the Albanian Institute for International Studies.
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An interview with Albert Rakipi, the executive director of the Albanian Institute for International Studies What is your first reaction to the declarations of the Prime Minister Edi Rama according to whom should the perspective of the European Union membership for Albania wane then the country will seek unification with Kosovo? European integration has been the driving force of state building in Albania, during the entire process of post-communist transformation, aiding the building of a functioning state, the modernization of the society, the establishment of a democratic system, establishment of the rule of law, the respect for basic freedoms and…

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