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I See A Bright Future In The European Union For Albania

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Interview of the Ambassador of Spain to Albania, HE. Dr. Manuel Montobbio for Tirana Times (December 2010).

Doctor in Political Science by the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Master in High European Studies by the College of Europe (Bruges, Belgium) and graduated in Law and Economics by the University of Barcelona. Career Diplomat from 1987, at present leaving office of Ambassador of Spain in Albania. Among other positions at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, he has been Ambassador ad Large, responsible of the Action Plan for the promotion of Spanish presence at International Organizations, as well as for the Universal Forum of Cultures Barcelona 2004, Director of the Cabinet of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and Head of the Planning and Evaluation Office of the Secretary of State for International Cooperation. He has been posted at the Embassies of Spain in San Salvador, Jakarta, Mexico and Guatemala. From 1987 till 1999 his career has been very connected to Spanish participation in the Central American peace processes. Author of La metamorfosis del Pulgarcito. Transici

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