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OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter visits Albania

24 April 2014
  • OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter (l) with Albania’s President Bujar Nishani during a visit to Albania, Tirana, 24 April 2014. (Office of the President of Albania)
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  • During his visit, the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter met with high school students, participants of a civic education project organized by the OSCE Presence in Albania, Tirana, 24 April 2014. (OSCE/Joana Karapataqi)
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  • Albanian high school students pose for a group photo with the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter (c), and the Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Florian Raunig, Tirana, 24 April 2014. (OSCE/Joana Karapataqi)
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  • Albanian Foreign Minister Ditmir Bushati (r) and the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter at the Foreign Ministry of Albania, Tirana, 24 April 2014. (OSCE/Joana Karapataqi)
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  • OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter at a press conference at Albania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tirana, 24 April 2014. (OSCE/Joana Karapataqi)
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OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter visited Albania on 24 April 2014.

The visit was part of his two-day tour to the Western Balkans to meet with political leaders and discuss Switzerland's engagement in the region as OSCE Chair. In Tirana, Burkhalter met with President of the Republic, Bujar Nishani, Foreign Minister Ditmir Bushati, and with a group of young people participating in a project of the OSCE Presence in Albania on civic education.