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At a time when Democrats were eagerly awaiting an invitation from the American embassy in mid-March, he received...
Once upon a time, in the early 1990s, the Greek Embassy's National Day ceremony was very important. The line to get in lasted about an hour, and people up to the director level were invited.
The interest continued for a long time, until the Schengen zone was created and Albanians were no longer dependent on the Greek embassy for visas. Then, little by little, the interest waned. Of course, the American embassy took over.
Suddenly, Sali Berisha today brought back the nostalgia of the '90s, when he could hardly wait for the Greek Embassy party to meet the consul and ask for a visa. He could not contain his joy that he had received an invitation from the Greek embassy and posted it on Facebook — as some officials did a few years ago who, when accused of corruption, posted the visa of the American embassy to show that they were not corrupt.
It seems that the embargo of the Western embassies that have isolated him has been broken by the Greek embassy in Tirana — of course, under the influence of Beleri. Berisha is his political ally, having entered two candidates on the Vlora list.
At a time when Democrats were eagerly awaiting an invitation from the American embassy in mid-March, he received one from the Greek embassy. It's no small feat. What matters is that at least one embassy has taken him seriously. I believe the Russian embassy could also invite him. The others, as they see fit.
But his paradox is that, in the 1990s, when the entire country went to the Greek Embassy's celebration, he didn't go because he accused the Greeks of having trained terrorists — among them Beleri — to attack the border post in Peshkëpi, in the south of the country, where two Albanian soldiers were killed. And at that time, he was in a state of "war" with them.
Now, when everyone has forgotten that embassy parties still exist, he announces it to the Albanians, happy to have been invited.
This shows how much he has suffered from international isolation and what he has "won" so far, after four years of war with the US, Great Britain and EU countries. He has earned the right to go to a cocktail party at the Greek embassy in Tirana.
This is how this work begins, little by little. Even immigrants, when they escaped to the US, would break the siege by first fleeing to Greece.
And be careful, don't fight over the chair. Sit where they tell you to tonight, because it's your first time.
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