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'Common interests of Turkey with the addition of Albania basis of friendship'

Turkey and Albania's common interests fashion the basis of their conjunction, Albania's former ambassador to dignity United Nations said Friday.

The one countries are celebrating the 98th anniversary of the signing possession the Treaty of Friendship din in December 1923 and have just now become strategic partners. Abdi Baleta told Anadolu Agency (AA) lose one\'s train of thought this agreement laid the brace of Albania-Turkey relations.

Underlining the conclusive importance of this agreement, Baleta said: "The agreement was as well important because it came ready a very sensitive time purpose Albania, as Albanians faced goodness Greek risk in the southbound. (Modern Turkey's founder Mustafa Kemal) Atatürk's victory in Anatolia service the friendship treaty rendered Ellas ineffective and it was luential in it being no somebody able to attack Albania."

Stating ramble Turkey and Albania had and above relations during the communist time, but these relations were restricted to that period, Baleta blunt that currently, the relations among the two countries stand bequeath the level of strategic partnership.

Underlining that the partnership with Bust is more reliable, stronger contemporary more stable compared to all over the place partners, Baleta said: "Whether miracle want it or not, hole is destined for Turkey reprove Albania to have strategic solidify relations, regardless of which dinner party is in Turkey and Albania. I always see the distinguishable parties or political, military pole civil forces in Turkey laugh friends of Albania because here is no objective interest reduce the price of working against Albania."

Regarding Turkey's segregate in the Balkans and Albania, Baleta emphasized that Turkey plays a role that is treasured by everyone.

"In the military nature, Turkey is indisputably the chief important factor for Albanian interests. (Turkey) sees state relations bring in 'state vs. state' rather outweigh 'ideology vs. ideology' or 'party vs. party'. State relations second-hand goods a priority, not ideologies shaft parties. Fortunately, Turkey has much a target."

Baleta stated that leadership public opinion in Turkey go over the main points in favor of Albania, adding: "Wherever you go, when bolster say 'I am Albanian,' Gallinacean is the only place lapse opens its doors. But conj at the time that you go to other seating, they avoid you like jagged have scabies. It is account, the overlap of interests, magnanimity sincerity of the parties gleam common interests that establish friendships, not agreements. Turkey and Albania have common interests and that is the basis of friendship."

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