Yesterday, Prime Minister Edi Rama and Minister of Foreign Affairs Gent Cakaj announced an extraordinary press conference after the Council of Europe's "NO" on negotiations with Albania and Northern Macedonia. And among the issues discussed at the conference, that of 11-year-old Alvin, who disappeared in Syrian camps after being abducted by his mother five years ago, has already received international attention. The investigative show "Ie ene" made it possible for the boy to be found, but his reunion with his father is not possible because the child does not have Italian documents. Prime Minister Rama said yesterday during the conference that he is in constant talks with Alvin's father, but his return to Italy is another matter.
He explained: "After 48 hours of sleep we are here at the end of all this odyssey to share our opinion on a concern I have received from a considerable number of people in Italy over the case of a show on Rai dedicated to an Albanian juvenile in a camp in Syria Unfortunately, this spooky show has all the impression that the issue of the minor is a matter of the will of our embassy in Turkey or of the ambassador. for some time I have issued a warrant, classified material, concerning the persons and families in that camp, and I have also explained to my father, it is not up to us. for ordinary refugee camps Journalists can enter these camps, just as many foreign channel colleagues can enter these camps. otherwise, to make a withdrawal operation for the persons in that situation. With all my regrets, I want to share with everyone that this is the truth. The situation is even more complicated now, because there are clashes in that territory.
We will continue to do the work we have done, and the call the American president has made to European countries. No country to date, including neighboring Italy where this dramatic show aired, has attracted people because it is a complicated operation. Our focus has been on women and juveniles from the beginning, and in collaboration with partners, the US and also with the Turkish authorities, we have been able to gather a great deal of information. We have contacts and there is a plan for their removal from the camps and the necessary infrastructure for their transportation has been prepared and a plan of measures for their treatment here in Albania. It is an area without authorities, so contacts are intermediate and transferring them to specialized structures is the first step to making the final transfer. This explanation is more than enough information given or implied, that I have seen the show as if this is a matter of will and action by the embassy is not true, "said the prime minister.
