Premier's office sources said a
"historic" deal on managing migrant flows between Italy and
Albania was sealed on the mid-August Ferragosto holiday when
Premier Giorgia Meloni had previously been reported as merely on
vacation in Albania.
The protocol on the management of migratory flows between Rome
and Tirana was essentially closed in mid-August between Meloni
and Prime Minister Edi Rama, while the premier was in Albania,
the sources said.
The agreement came "during the meeting that the two leaders held
and which was narrated as a simple holiday".
"Instead, far form aperitifs...", noted the sources at Palazzo
Chigi, explaining that the agreement will be operational by
spring 2024.
"It is the first agreement of this kind," they added, "a
historic agreement not only for Italy but for the entire
European Union."
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