Albania and Kosovo to unite, inside EU or not - Albanian PM


  • World
  • Tuesday, 07 Apr 2015

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama talks to Reuters during an interview in Belgrade November 10, 2014. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

PRISTINA/BELGRADE (Reuters) - The unification of Albania and Serbia's majority-Albanian former province of Kosovo is "inevitable", whether it happens through membership of the European Union or not, Albania's prime minister said on Tuesday.

The suggestion was denounced in Belgrade, where a senior official accused Tirana's Prime Minister Edi Rama of "banging the war drums" over Kosovo, which many Serbs regard as the cradle of their nation and Orthodox Christian faith.

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