Spahia’s declaration reaches Amsterdam

The MPs of the Liberal-Democratic D66 Party asked explanations from the Foreign Minister Uri Rosenthal on why Spahia asked Van Den Dool to be declared unwanted in Albania.

The Deputy Minister of Defense and leader of the Legality Movement Party considered as offending the declarations of the Dutch diplomat in a TV show, and asked for him to be declared unwanted in Albania, since he had offended an Albanian official.

The controversy was focused on the diverse stances of the two officials about homosexuality, since the Dutch Ambassador was publicly committed in the organization of the LGTB manifestation in Tirana.

The Dutch Ambassador in Tirana expressed his surprise about Spahia’s declaration and declared that he had the support of the Albanian Prime Minister, Sali Berisha, who had considered the declaration of the Deputy Minister of Defense as completely unacceptable.

“I express my full and determined solidarity to my colleague, the Dutch Ambassador in Albania, a colleague with great experience and very respected in his personal and extraordinary commitment; for his active role and for the great support of his country in promoting the human rights in Albania, in all aspects, and his admirable engagement in the war against discrimination. The comments and the appeal made against my EU colleague is regrettable and unacceptable”, the Dutch Ambassador declared this Thursday.

The head of the EU presence in Tirana, Ettore Sequi, declared his solidarity to the Dutch colleague. He considered as unacceptable Spahia’s appeal for considering him unwanted in Albania. However, the controversy has crossed the borders of Albania and has reached Netherlands, where the Parliament MPs asked explanations about the Ambassador’s situation.

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