TIRANA (ALBANIA) (ITALPRESS/MNA) – A collaboration agreement between ATA, the Albanian state press agency, and the Italpress agency was signed today in Tirana, in the presence of the Italian Ambassador Marco Alberti. The partnership was signed by the general director of ATA Valbona Zhupa and the Editor-in-Chief of Italpress Gaspare Borsellino. The meeting was also attended by the Editorial Director of the Italpress agency Italo Cucci, the Head of Communications of the Italian Embassy in Tirana Giacomo Montemarani, Almarina Gegvataj, Director of News for ATA and Arian Jorgaqi, Head of the Foreign Desk of the Albanian agency.
“I am truly happy and proud of this further step, because it demonstrates the growth of Italpress at an international level and especially in the Balkans, an increasingly important geographical and geopolitical area,” said Gaspare Borsellino, founder and editor-in-chief of Italpress, adding “This agreement with ATA will certainly help us grow and provide our subscribers with increasingly high-quality services, directly from an area such as Albania and the Balkans”.
“When I see an initiative born in our world, the world of journalism, my heart expands,” commented Italo Cucci, editorial director of Italpress. “While on one side there is an attempt to close, there are still brave people who manage to open up; and this is a joy for a veteran journalist. The fact that I am in Albania is a double joy, because it seems that I am of Albanian origin”.
Valbona Zhupa, General Director of ATA, underlined that this agreement represents “a very important step, because our countries are friends. We are very happy to reach this agreement with Italpress. I think that our agencies have the opportunity to exchange news about tourism, politics, art and culture, everything that our countries love most. The agreement is important,” she added, “given Albania’s geopolitical position”.
According to Marco Alberti, Italian Ambassador to Albania, “it is a further opportunity that strengthens the ties of friendship between two countries, that are turning into a strategic partnership. Communication in itself, is part of the strategy of relations between two countries. We are confident that from this agreement will arise other opportunities to further strengthening our friendship and collaboration between both countries”.
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