"Sazani Island has not been sold and will not be sold", Rama: Work is being done for a dream destination

2025-09-04 21:27:43Politikë SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
"Sazani Island has not been sold and will not be sold", Rama: Work is
Edi Rama and the project for Sazan

Prime Minister Edi Rama declared tonight that the island of Sazani is the property of the Albanian state and people. He rejected the claim of the Italian media that said during the summer that the island was sold to Jared Kushner, stating that it has not been sold and will never be sold. He said that the Albanian government will be a partner with the group that will invest there.

"The island of Sazan is an asset of the Albanian state and people. It has never been sold and will never be sold. The island of Sazan is an asset of the Albanian state and people where we will be partners. The Albanian government will be a partner with the company or group that will invest and the partnership negotiations are not over yet ," Rama told journalist Blendi Fevziu.

Asked whether the agreement on Sazani will pass the Assembly, Rama replied: Unquestionably.

He added that both Sazani and Zvërnec are still in the design phase, emphasizing that the agreement for Sazani Island has not yet been finalized.

"The agreement is not yet complete. We do not yet have a finalized agreement for Sazani. Zvërnec is a private story," Rama said.

The Prime Minister denied that he had given the "green light" to the project after Donald Trump was elected president. The reason it was made public after Trump took office, he said, is only because the process had not been completed.

Rama stressed that international media have misinterpreted it by presenting it as a political story, underlining that this issue "has nothing to do with politics at all."

"They have done a job and it is unfortunate the way this process has been interpreted by the international media from the beginning. It has been presented as a political story. Meanwhile, when I met Jared and we started working on this, Donald Trump did not know if he would go to the White House or go to prison? This has nothing to do with politics. For me, they were American investors and they are American investors like all Americans," said Rama.

Asked if he would release the project if Kamala Harris were to win the US elections, Rama responded as follows.

"I have had this conversation with the other party when I was asked. There can be no discussion here that Albania is not a place where any kind of conflicts or problems that may exist between the parties in America can be transferred, because here every American who comes is a friend and everyone who wants to invest is welcome. Moreover, my relationship with him has been a very friendly one. There has never been any discussion about this. Both his request and that of his group and our request have been symmetrical. Everything respecting the law and procedures," he said.

The Prime Minister stated that in a few months the complete project will be ready and presented to the public.

According to Rama, a great deal of work is being done to turn Sazan into a dream destination.

"The procedures will not take long because many steps have been taken. I believe that in a few months we will have the complete master plan, the complete project that will be presented to the public. What is most important is that the way we are working will set a new standard for developments in hospitality infrastructure, not only in Albania, but also in the Mediterranean. Extraordinary work is being done with architects, with environmental engineers, with landscape architects. Something is being done to make a dream destination ," said Rama.


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