Albania ready to temporarily house Afghan refugees, PM Rama says

FILE PHOTO: Albanian Prime Minister and leader of the Socialist Party Edi Rama speaks at a rally celebrating the party's election victory, at Skanderbeg Square in Tirana, Albania April 27, 2021. REUTERS/Florion Goga

PRISTINA (Reuters) -Albania has accepted a U.S. request to temporarily take in Afghan refugees seeking visas to enter the United States, Prime Minister Edi Rama said on Sunday, as Taliban forces entered the Afghan capital Kabul.

Rama said U.S. President Joe Biden's administration had recently asked fellow NATO member Albania to assess whether it could serve as a transit country for a number of Afghan refugees whose final destination is the United States.