The Prime Minister of Albania, Edi Rama, has received the acting Prime Minister, Albin Kurti, as part of the regional summit on the European Union’s Growth Plan taking place on Friday in Tirana.

Rama is the host of the summit, where the leaders of Western Balkan countries will discuss economic integration, regional development, and alignment with the European Union market.

Alongside Kurti, the Albanian prime minister also welcomed the leaders of other countries in the region.

After welcoming the leaders, the opening remarks at the summit will be delivered by Prime Minister Rama and the EU Commissioner for Enlargement, Marta Kos.

Meanwhile, after the summit, Rama and Kos will hold a joint press conference.

The Growth Plan is a new EU framework for accelerating reforms aimed at the European integration of the entire region, combining reforms with direct financial contributions from EU funds to the budgets of beneficiary countries and investment projects. With the implementation of these reforms, Kosovo is expected to benefit up to 882.6 million euros in EU funds. Of this total amount, 253.3 million euros are grants, while the remaining 629.3 million euros are long-term loans.

The disbursement of the pre-financing funds for Kosovo is tied to the approval of two international agreements in the Assembly, which, due to the political crisis in Kosovo, were not approved by the legislature. /KosovaPress/