"MEI, engaged in closing key chapters"/ Balluku: Team mobilized to advance negotiations with the EU
The Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy continues to work intensively to conclude EU integration negotiations for four of the most important chapters, with a special focus on Chapter 15, Energy.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Infrastructure and Energy, Belinda Balluku, has published moments from the meeting of the team led by Enkeleda Muçaj, chief negotiator of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy. Balluku stated that everyone is fully engaged in this historic process.
"All the leaders of our team have been mobilized to advance the negotiations, as well as to inform and prepare the interest groups related to these chapters," said Balluku.
Albania aims to have fulfilled the conditions for concluding negotiations with the European Union by 2027. Meanwhile, in 2025, Albania opened negotiations for 33 chapters. On November 17, it opened negotiations for the last 5 chapters.
Albania is working intensively towards the closing phase of accession negotiations in a good number of areas out of these 33 chapters. The process involves the coordination of heads of institutions and experts in the relevant fields, with the aim of fully preparing the country for EU requirements and standards in this key sector.
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