Minister of Justice of Albania visited the Constitutional Court

The President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Kosovo, Mrs. Arta Rama-Hajrizi, received in a meeting the Minister of Justice of the Republic of Albania, Ms. Etilda Gjonaj.

The work of the Constitutional Court to date, the challenges faced in the selection of new judges and the departure of international judges last year, were only some of the issues that President Rama-Hajrizi discussed at the joint meeting with Minister Gjonaj.

She highly appreciated the progress Albania has made in reforming the justice system through the Vetting process, underlining the importance of the appointment of judges and prosecutors with integrity for the consolidation of the rule of law in each country.

President Rama-Hajrizi further said that, same as all the state institutions of both countries, the constitutional courts of Kosovo and Albania have cultivated an excellent cooperation over the years, always having as the guideline the European standards of the constitutional justice.

Minister Gjonaj reiterated on her part the willingness of the Albanian state to continue its support for all the institutions and for all the processes that Kosovo is going through, as well as to strengthen the comprehensive relations of cooperation, in particular in the field of justice.

Following the meeting, both sides exchanged mutual ideas and experiences regarding the judicial systems of both countries, with particular focus on the independence of the judiciary as well as the selection practices of constitutional judges.