Berisha reveals phone call that brought about the clash with Erdogan: He asked me undiplomatically…

Former Prime Minister Sali Berisha spoke about the bad relations he had with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the time when the country was governed by the DP.

He revealed that Erdogan had asked him non-diplomatically to change his vote at the UN on the Palestinian issue.

"I was absent today because I decided that I should not be present at the speech in Parliament of the President of Turkey, Erdogan. I am a man who respects Turkey and the Turkish nation very much, but I have had open contradictions with President Erdogan in the last years of my rule, where I have refused to follow or vote in the UN for conflicting resolutions, in my estimation. , with the positions held by the US and major countries on the issue of Palestine. Albania is one of the few countries that has had a Palestinian embassy for years, but its presence in Tirana was never questioned. The resolution I shared with Erdogan was an attempt to exclude the US role in resolving the crisis in the Middle East. It was an attempt to further weld that crisis. Two years later, asked me undiplomatically to change the vote, I did not. Edi Rama promised him, and he changed the purpose of Albania. He got me on the phone at a party moment. At a time when Turkish diplomacy had not said a word two years ago. I had learned from the Palestinian ambassador that Erdogan was angry about this. He insisted that I change the purpose. But, what I could do was abstain, but I would never vote for that resolution. "I made it clear that Albania can not be a country in the sphere of influence of Turkey", said Berisha for Vizion Plus. I had learned from the Palestinian ambassador that Erdogan was angry about this. He insisted that I change the purpose. But, what I could do was abstain, but I would never vote for that resolution. "I made it clear that Albania can not be a country in the sphere of influence of Turkey", said Berisha for Vizion Plus. I had learned from the Palestinian ambassador that Erdogan was angry about this. He insisted that I change the purpose. But, what I could do was abstain, but I would never vote for that resolution. "I made it clear that Albania can not be a country in the sphere of influence of Turkey", said Berisha for Vizion Plus.