The law on strategic investments will no longer exist. Prime Minister Rama announced the news during a conference with journalists from the European Union, when asked whether he would respect the conditions set out in the IBAR report on this issue.
He announced that they are working with the EU to create a new law on strategic investments.
"The Strategic Investment Law has never been unfair. Many people who talk about it don't even know what they're talking about, but the good thing is that we're going to leave it out because it has fulfilled its mission and it doesn't matter. It's not that we're fighting for it, we're just going to leave it out. The Strategic Investment Law has helped us finally bring some investments to this country that otherwise wouldn't have happened. Now we don't need the Strategic Investment Law anymore because capital is coming in and big investors are coming. In fact, they don't want to care about the facilities. Of course, they want protected status, but we have no problems with that. It's part of the negotiating framework and we're working on a new investment law, we're working with the EU. Everything we do is based on EU standards," said Rama.
Referring to the investment in Zvërnec, the Prime Minister insisted that the world is full of examples of coexistence between nature and development.
For Edi Rama, the issue flared up because of Donald Trump's name.
Asked about Sazan, Rama claimed that he has been negotiating with investors for two years, but ruled out the idea of selling the island.
The Prime Minister explained that he will not give up on his vision to attract capital and major investments that will help the country's development, but underlined the conviction that it cannot compete by ignoring nature.