OSCE Chairperson Ann Linde to visit Albania

STOCKHOLM, 3 October 2021 — The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Sweden’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Ann Linde, will visit Albania on 5 October 2021

The Chair will discuss regional security and co-operation and Albania’s reform agenda with Albanian counterparts.

Chairperson Linde will meet with President Ilir Meta and Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Olta Xhacka. The Chairperson will attend the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the OSCE and Albania to strengthen the work against the risk of weapon proliferation and misuse of Small Arms and Light Weapons. The meeting between the two ministers is followed by a press conference at 11:40, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

She will also meet with Speaker of the parliament, representatives of civil society in the country and the OSCE Presence in Albania.

For details about the press conference, please contact the Albanian Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs.

For more information about Sweden's 2021 OSCE Chairpersonship, please visit the OSCE website: https://www.osce.org/chairmanship