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Tirana continues to advance in the EU accession process

(ANSA) - BELGRADE, SEP 16 - Albania is making rapid progress on its EU accession process. During the sixth EU-Albania intergovernmental conference in Brussels, Cluster 4, which covers the green agenda, energy, and transport, of the accession negotiations with the Balkan country, was launched. Tirana is thus getting closer to achieving Prime Minister Edi Rama's goal of opening all negotiating clusters by 2025. Five of the six clusters have already been opened, as planned in the revised enlargement methodology. "Albania demonstrates that strong leadership can bring about positive change. If the country keeps its promises, the European Commission will keep its promises and support it, naturally based on merit," said European Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos, reaffirming Brussels' support for Tirana's goal of "concluding the technical negotiations by the end of 2027." (ANSA).