Tirana officially received this Tuesday the Presidency of the largest Network of Balkan cities, B-40.
At the summit held in the capital, where mayors and delegations from 54 Balkan cities participated, the head of the Municipality of Tirana, Erion Veliaj said that this is the time for cooperation like never before.
He said that he is proud of Tirana, which in recent years has held important titles such as “European Youth Capital”, “European City of Sports”, but was also the host of the Berlin Process, a political event of international level, as and expressed his enthusiasm that Tirana will hold the title of “Mediterranean Capital of Culture and Dialogue 2025”.
“We open our hearts to our friend and to all the friends who are here today, our hearts are full. Hospitality is not a one-way street, it’s a two-way street, it’s give and take. I believe that today we are in the right place where the cornerstone is exactly cooperation, receiving and giving to each other.
We are open-hearted for friends like you, ready to welcome you, to give you the best part of our culture and hospitality, and it’s time for an extraordinary cooperation between us like never before”, said Veliaj .
Mayor Veliaj also proposed to have a solidarity fund for all the municipalities of our region in case of disasters.
“In the Presidency of Tirana, we want to propose a solidarity fund for all the municipalities of our region. The Municipality of Tirana has regularly done this with the cities of our region. We had the floods in Tetovo, also in Kosovo, the earthquake in Zagreb, the fires in Athens. We would like not to be alone, and not to deal with a municipality, or each municipality separately.
Therefore, we want to propose a solidarity fund to urgently find one of our members who has a need of a natural disaster for funds that we can mobilize immediately and can be effective in a time as soon as possible. as fast as possible”, said Veliaj.
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