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BC-Albanian Government
ALBANIAN GOVERNMENT APPROVES STRATEGY OF STATE BANK PRIVATISATION TIRANA,
SEPT 23 (ATA) - Albanian Council of Ministers in its
meeting Monday approved the decision "On approval of state banks
privatisation strategy."
This document clarifies government's objectives in the bank
privatisation process, defines the criteria strategic investors
should realise, methods and phases of privatisation process and
the duties that state institutions and foreign advisers should
resolve in realisation of this process.
The government is engaged, according this document, to
realise bank privatisation within year 2000, starting with the
National Agrarian Bank and continuing with National Commercial
Bank and the Savings Bank.
Council of Ministers also decided that the Savings Bank
should start on November 1, 1996, to give privatisation bonds for the second
phase of this program. It also decided that the
privatisation bonds of the first phase of massive privatisation
may be used even in the second phase of this privatisation which
will end in 1999.
The meeting also approved other decision like: on the opening of the
Countability-Finance branch in Gjirokastra University with 24 students, on the
financial support for the commercial navy
fleet with a fund of 15 million Leks by the Restructuring Agency
of Enterprises and other decisions. ksh/fh/
SCRB
BC-Albania-Gatti
ALBANIAN WORK AND SOCIAL AFFAIR MINISTER RECEIVES SAN MARINO
FOREIGN MINISTER
TIRANA, SEPT 23 (ATA) By M Allushi - Bilateral cooperation in tourism was
the main issue in the talk between Albanian Minister
of Work and Social Affair Armelinda Ymeraj and San Marino Foreign Minister Dr
Gabrielle Gatti.
The meeting discussed the training possibility for Albanian
workers in tourism and hotel management, culinary and tourism
guiding. Both sides agreed to issue and sign in the future an
official agreement in this field.
They also talked on the cooperation in the field of social
assistance in protection of orphans and incitement of cooperation in the field
of private investments in Albania. pas/fh/

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BC-Meksi-Gatti
ALBANIAN PM MEETS SAN MARINO FOREIGN MINISTER
TIRANA, SEPT 23 (ATA) - Albanian Prime Minister Aleksander
Meksi received Monday morning Foreign Minister of San Marino
Gabrielle Gatti and the delegation he heads in a visit to
Albania.
Meksi said that he considered important the increasing of
bilateral contacts and finding out of the cooperation fields. He
said that these fields may be tourism, telecommunication, banks
and others.
"I think that the first step is the creation of a joint
commission, which will concretely define the field of cooperation between
Albanian and San Marino" said Meksi and adding that "of
interest is even the multi party cooperation in the context of
international organisations."
"We have expected with interest the visit to Albania and have considered it
an important starting point for concrete and
successful cooperation" said Gatti.
He expressed his admiration for the development of democracy
in Albania and his readiness for cooperation in the fields which
would serve Albanian and San Marino's interests.
He invited Meksi for a visit to San Marino which, as he said, "will serve to
finding out and deciding of possibile bilateral
cooperation." ake/fh/
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BC-Berisha-Gatti
ALBANIAN PRESIDENT RECEIVES SAN MARINO FOREIGN MINISTER
TIRANA, SEPT 23 (ATA) - Albanian President Sali Berisha
received Monday the Foreign Minister of San Marino, Gabrielle
Gatti.
Berisha expressed his appreciation for the good relations
between Albania and this small republic but with democratic
traditions. He underlined that these relations should be present
not only in the field of politics but in economy as well, like in investments in
tourism, viticulture, financial cooperation and
others.
Gatti expressed his admiration for Albania's achievements and the democratic
course it is following. ssh/fh/
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BC-ALBANIA-ISRAEL
ISRAEL INTERESTED IN HELPING ALBANIAN INFRASTRUCTURE
-Interview with the Israeli Ambassador to Albania-
TIRANA, SEPT 23 (ATA) -By R. Floqi - The Israel's
Ambassador to Albania, Yehuda Millo, hold recently a press
conference for ATA. During the interview, the Ambassador stressed out the fact
that in Israel, although the people might not know
anything about Albania, they know the fact that Albanians saved
Jewish during the World War II.
The positive climate is a good base and an infrastructure
for further development of the relations, said the Israel's
Ambassador. "We don't need to establish such a climate, it
already exists", stressed Millo.
Asked about the main direction of the bilateral cooperation in the
economic field, Millo answered that Albania is most
interested in the infrastructure. Millo added that even in the
field of agriculture, we have held a number of seminars. "Besides agriculture,
the relations will be extended in other fields as
well, like education, health, public administration", he said.
Regarding the last parliamentarian elections in Albania,
Millo pointed out that after the post-electoral noise in Albania, Israel did not
supported the critics of the European Union or
other countries. "We think that things can be solved by Albanians themselves. I
say that politicians in Israel have an immovable
trust in the Albanian President, Sali Berisha. We are pleased
that things are moving towards a reasonable way now", said Millo.
Regarding other meetings held with Albanian top officials,
the Israel's Ambassador told there were held very fruitful
meetings with Foreign Minister Shehu and Defence Minister
Zhulali. "We, including our President, are very pleased about the progress
achieved in our bilateral relations, like in economic,
political, cultural, as well as in the field of private
enterprises", stressed Millo. He pointed out that it exists a
general positive feeling of the Albanian administration, headed
by President Berisha, to support the relations between Israel and Albania.
After the exchanges at a parliamentarian level, Millo
underlined the idea to establish parliamentarian associations of
the mutual friendship between the Albanian Parliament and the
Israeli Knesset. /kled/mt/
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BC-ALBANIA-RESIGNATION
ALBERT BROJKA RESIGNES FROM POST OF MINISTER OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS,
TERRITORIAL ARRANGEMENTS AND TOURISM

TIRANA, SEPT 23 (ATA) - The Albanian Minister of Public
Affairs, Territorial Arrangements and Tourism, Albert Brojka,
resigned today from his duty, spokesman of this Ministry
reported.
Brojka motivated his resignation from this post with the
fact that he is a candidate of the Democratic Party (DP)
for the chairman of Tirana Municipality.
Brojka holds at the same time even the post of the chairman of DP Tirana
section and that of the Foreign Secretary of this
party.
Brojka, who is considered as one of the most completed
figures of the DP, is in competition for the chairman of Tirana
Municipality with the former famous basketball sportsman, Agim
Fagu, candidate of the Socialist Party, and with the President of the Democratic
Alliance Party, Neritan Ceka. /pas/mt
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