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"Washington Post": Erdogan has close ties with Rama, he gave him a kamikaze drone as a gift

"Washington Post": Erdogan has close ties with Rama, he gave him a

The President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, visited Tirana yesterday, where he also inaugurated the Namazgja Mosque.

The "Washington Post", in a published article, writes that in addition to the inauguration of the mosque, Erdogan will donate an unspecified number of kamikaze drones to Rama to increase military capabilities in Albania.

"Washington Post" emphasizes that Rama has close ties with Erdogan, so much so that the drones were given as a gift by Turkey In a conference after the meetings, which according to the Albanian Prime Minister sends a "very clear message" that "Albania cannot be attacked".

In comments touching on regional issues, Erdogan denounced Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza as a "genocide" and a "threat to the global order." He said Israel must press for an urgently needed ceasefire to facilitate humanitarian aid.

Rama also pushed for a ceasefire but took a different tone for the Palestinian group, saying "Hamas and any other source of terror have no place in a peaceful future of two sovereign states, Israel and Palestine."

Turkey is a strategic partner of Albania and one of its biggest investors, contributing to infrastructure and other sectors. Erdogan said the two countries should aim to double their annual trade to 2 billion euros ($2.2 billion).

Construction of the new mosque began in 2015 with about 30 million euros ($34 million) from Turkey's state-run Muslim organization Diyanet.

Construction had already been completed for more than a year, but the inauguration was delayed due to Erdogan's concerns that a group Turkey calls the Fetullah Terrorist Organization, or FETO, would have influence over the mosque.

According to the agreements reached with the local Albanian Muslim community, Turkey's Diyanet organization will have representation on the mosque's management board.

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