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Viewing cable 08TIRANA92, ALBANIA WELCOMES CODEL TANNER

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08TIRANA92 2008-02-07 06:19 2011-08-26 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Tirana
VZCZCXRO1390
RR RUEHIK RUEHPOD RUEHYG
DE RUEHTI #0092/01 0380619
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 070619Z FEB 08
FM AMEMBASSY TIRANA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 6644
INFO RUEHZG/NATO EU COLLECTIVE
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 TIRANA 000092 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
SENSITIVE 
 
DEPT FOR EUR/SCE, H/AMACDERMOTT 
 
E.O. 12958:N/A 
TAGS: OREP OVIP NATO AL
SUBJECT: ALBANIA WELCOMES CODEL TANNER 
 
1. (U) Embassy Tirana warmly welcomes the Tanner Congressional 
Delegation to Albania February 22, to assess Albania's readiness for 
NATO. 
 
Overview 
-------- 
2. (U) Albania has made good progress on NATO- and EU-oriented 
reforms and is committed to continuing implementation.  Albania is a 
valuable partner in maintaining regional security, demonstrated most 
consistently in its constructive engagement on Kosovo and its 
significant contributions in Iraq and Afghanistan.  Albania has 
contributed to the GWOT by keeping Weapons of Mass Destruction out 
of the hands of terrorists.  In July it became the first country to 
destroy its stockpile of chemical agents and is making progress in 
eliminating over 100,000 tons of surplus munitions.  While Albania 
has made progress to confront the challenges of rule of law and the 
fight against corruption, consistent implementation of reforms 
achieved or in progress is the next challenge.  A persistent 
criticism by the Allies has been that the Government and opposition 
have not been able to work together for the good of the country.  As 
one sign of a possible break-through, on January 21, an 
opposition-sponsored resolution calling for unity and declaring NATO 
accession to be Albania's number one goal passed with a unanimous 
vote in Parliament.  This is the first time an opposition-sponsored 
resolution has been passed unanimously by the Parliament in 
Albania's democratic history. 
 
Contributions to Regional and Global Stability and Security 
----- ----------------- ------------ ------------- -------- 
3. (SBU) Albania contributes significantly to Balkan and global 
stability and security. GOA officials and opposition leaders serve 
as a moderating influence on the ethnic Albanian populations in 
Kosovo and neighboring states and support the international 
community's efforts to resolve Kosovo's status in a peaceful manner. 
 The GOA has pledged to remain a positive force in these and other 
international spheres, including, for example, its membership on the 
Board of Governors of the IAEA.  As a signatory to the Chemical 
Weapons Convention, Albania used Nunn-Lugar funding to destroy its 
stockpile of chemical weapons and agents, and became the first 
country under the CWC to do so.  It is also making progress in 
destroying over 100,000 tons of surplus munitions, including 
seamines, torpedoes, aerial bombs and depth charges.  The GOA has 
indicated that it is willing to destroy its MANPADS as well. 
 
4. (SBU) Albania's commitment to Iraq and Afghanistan deployments 
has also been consistent and gratifying; in both cases, Albania had 
troops on the ground at the outset of operations, despite its 
limited financial and human resources.  With almost 400 troops 
deployed at any given time, Albania has the greatest number per 
capita of troops deployed on NATO and Coalition missions than any 
other Ally. 
 
Democracy, Rule of Law, Anti-Corruption 
--------------------------------------- 
5. (U) With less than two decades of democratic history, Albania 
continues to bolster its democratic institutions and free market 
mechanisms.  The GOA has passed legislation to strengthen the 
political independence and to improve professionalization of the 
Albanian State Police; established more efficient structures to 
fight corruption and organized crime, including the recent formation 
of a Joint Investigative Unit to increase coordination between law 
enforcement and the judiciary; and entered into agreements to 
enhance regional economic cooperation and to impede cross-border 
trafficking.  Elected on an anti-corruption platform, Prime Minister 
Sali Berisha has repeatedly stated that this issue is one of his 
government's highest priorities.  The GOA selected corruption as its 
most important Millennium Challenge category. 
 
6. (U) An early success of the newly established Joint Investigative 
Unit (JIU) was the September arrest of three high-level Ministry of 
Transport officials, including a Deputy Minister.  While many 
low-level officials have been arrested for corruption, these were 
the highest level arrests since 2002 and may indicate that the fight 
against corruption is gaining in strength and professionalism.  The 
JIU fosters better cooperation among crime-fighting institutions, 
including prosecution, investigation and intelligence.  (The JIU was 
founded with Embassy support and encouragement, in particular the 
Department of Justice's Overseas Prosecutorial Development and 
Training program.)  In an unrelated action, Minister of Foreign 
Affairs Basha was accused in September by former Prosecutor General 
Sollaku of abuse of office in connection with the Bechtel 
Durres-Kukes Highway award when Basha was Minister of 
Transportation.  Basha says that the accusations are politically 
motivated, and, in a show of confidence, voted to lift his own 
parliamentary immunity. 
 
7. (U) The Parliamentary Committee on Legal Issues is working on a 
package of laws to make the judiciary more independent and 
transparent.  Reform of Albania's judiciary to provide greater 
transparency and efficiency is a key requirement for NATO 
 
TIRANA 00000092  002 OF 002 
 
 
membership. 
 
8. (U) Former Prosecutor General Sollaku, considered by the Prime 
Minister and his governing coalition as a roadblock to prosecuting 
organized crime and high-level corruption, was replaced last summer 
by Ina Rama, a former judge.  Rama has stated her intent to improve 
efficiency in the Prosecutor's Office and to defend the 
institution's independence.  Rama plans to travel to Washington and 
other cities on an International Visitors Program in February to 
observe rule of law and the criminal justice system as practiced in 
the U.S. and may be meeting with high level officials. 
 
Electoral Reform 
---------------- 
9. (U) OSCE experts believe the GOA is on track to complete its new 
automated civil registry by summer 2008.  The second technical 
element of electoral reform is the issuance of improved identity 
cards.  A request for proposal to implement a system for biometric 
ID cards and passports was issued in November with bids due February 
28.  The GOA is projecting it will begin issuing biometric documents 
in December 2008.  Concerning reform of the electoral system itself, 
a bipartisan Parliamentary commission is evaluating various 
proposals, but has made little concrete legislative progress. 
 
Trafficking In Persons 
---------------------- 
10. (SBU) The GOA has a National Action Plan for 2005 - 2007 which 
lays out goals and how it would meet them.  It has consistently 
worked toward these goals, but has sometimes fallen short of 
reaching them.  The Plan highlights the National Referral Mechanism, 
which is designed to coordinate government and private resources 
(anti-trafficking and customs police, NGOs, and social workers) to 
identify victims and refer them for appropriate services.  The GOA 
needs to continue efforts toward better coordination.  In 2005 
Albania signed an agreement with Greece to improve anti-trafficking 
coordination.  Albania has ratified it; Greece has not.  Albania is 
working with Kosovo and Macedonia on similar agreements.  There are 
criminal penalties for trafficking, which are enforced.  Albania is 
a Tier-2 country on the State Department's 2006 Trafficking in 
Persons Report. 
 
Regional Issues - Kosovo 
------------------------ 
11. (SBU) The Government and Opposition strongly support Kosovo's 
independence as proposed in the Ahtisaari plan and have used close 
relationships with Kosovar political leaders to urge moderation and 
cooperation with international leadership through the Contact Group 
and the UN.  Albanian leaders have expressed concern that unrest and 
violence in Kosovo could reflect badly on Albania, possibly hurting 
Albania's chances for NATO and EU membership.  Albania has offered 
Kosovo economic help in the event of a Serbian embargo.  Foreign 
Minister Basha, in his January 29 meeting with Secretary Rice, 
reiterated Albania's full support for and coordination with the U.S. 
policy on Kosovo. 
 
 
WITHERS