BELGRADE: Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama will make a landmark visit to Belgrade on Monday, the first of its kind in 68 years and seen as a step towards calming tensions in the region.
Initially planned for October 22, the visit was postponed for three weeks following violence a week earlier that interrupted a football match between Serbia and Albania.
That incident spiralled into a political crisis and was followed by mutual accusations between Belgrade and Tirana, showing the fragility of their bilateral relations.
However faced with EU determination to push Serbia and Albania to normalise their relations, the two EU-aspirant nations tried to calm the situation.
Rama and his Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vucic agreed, in a telephone conversation, on the landmark visit despite "obvious disagreements.
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