Albanian PM urges EU to start dialogue with Russia

The European Union should enter into a dialogue with Russia, since the United States has ceased to be a reliable partner, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said.

"As for the European Union, I think the EU should talk to Russia, and not continue outsourcing its foreign policy to Washington. After all, Russia is a neighbour of the European Union, not a neighbour of the United States. And we need to talk to our neighbours," Rama said in an interview with Die Presse newspaper, per Caliber.Az.

He noted that Albania and Russia do not have close contacts because of their "special history." Albania severed ties with the USSR in 1961 over Moscow’s criticism of Stalinism and there has not been a single state visit between the states for 35 years.