 Parliament, soldiers, mutilants, opposites, honored citizens of the United States. ODIOS, the pleasure of coming to ODIOS, the special ODIOS in the heart of Tirana, the continuous of the Defender Europe 21 activities, which is quite very popular to the public. Today, the citizens of Tirana can follow and can talk closer to the real heroes and the tireless soldiers of our country and to the Alay nation, the American nation, who are having this joint exercise for defending the European common values. The very general welcome, hospitality of our country and the countries where this exercise is taking place, the attention of the local and the central authorities, as well as the assistance of the alays will be the energy and the force of our military forces. Besides the gratitudes for this exercise, I would like to assure that all the taxpayers of our country that each cost and its expense will go to the expenses and to the needs of our population and to the Euro-Atlantic needs of the country. From these days, I want to express my gratitude for our strategic ally, the United States of America, to guarantee them and all the NATO alays that the Albanian military forces will be ready for each commitment and its mission. Anytime it is requested by the alliance and anytime it is authorized by the authorities of the country, we will guarantee with the faith and with the reliability of our country, with our professionalism to step aside to our American colleagues even in the most difficult situations. We are a small force in number, modest in capacities, but we are located everywhere in the emergencies of our countries, dislocated in the hotspots of the globe, besides the alays and the military forces and beyond. The military service is our obligation, it is also our honor, our pride and at the dignity of our country. Defender Europe 21 is more than a demonstration of the will and the capacities of the military forces for the collective protection. It is an evidence that Albania and its strategic geographic position is stronger to the Euro-Atlantic alays. I would like to thank the Ambassador Kim and all the partner countries for their participation in this open day and for providing the right public the opportunity to be part of this historic, this milestone. This is also to show the young generation the role that they have in our common defense so that the young generation become aware that they have to protect their future, their freedom and our alliance. This is to be reported by citing the general secretary of the NATO Stoklemberg when he addressed that to the young summit for the NATO vision 2030, by saying that you, the leaders of tomorrow in Europe and in the United States have the greatest role in our common defense and security, the NATO 2030 is the opportunity that you go to protect your freedom, your alliance. Therefore, I encourage you to explore the most of this activity, to communicate with the people in uniform, to get to know their military techniques and skills which have one common scope, to protect the lives, our common values of democracy and freedom. Thank you very much. I would like to invite for her, Prime Minister Rama, ministers and generals, men and women in uniform, dear friends and colleagues. What a spectacular day to showcase our militaries and Defender Europe 2021, which as you all know is the largest US-led military exercise ever to be held in the Western Balkans. This is a landmark moment for US-Albanian cooperation in defense, but also US-Albanian strategic relations. It's also a landmark moment for the NATO alliance. The exercise is well underway now and it is shaping up to be a huge success. Defender 2021 has been a military success. In the past weeks, soldiers from Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kosovo, Montenegro, the Netherlands, North Macedonia, Romania, Ukraine, the United Kingdom and the United States have all been here in Albania, training together to strengthen our readiness, our capabilities and our interoperability, so that NATO allies and partners can accomplish any mission on land, across the sea or in the air. As allies, US and Albanian soldiers have been at each other's side in numerous conflicts, from Kosovo to Afghanistan to Iraq, exciting new path as well as the people of Albania. We appreciate that regardless of the differences that may divide people from time to time, all of you recognize that we are at an important point in history and all of you, like all of us, are united in our agreement that the relationship between the United States and Albania is important, that the relationship between Americans and Albanians must be valued above all. Defender 21 comes as we celebrate the 30th anniversary of the end of communist dictatorship, the beginning of democracy in Albania and the re-establishment of diplomatic relations between the United States and Albania. It also comes 100 years after the United States stood with you in your just demand for an independent and free Albania. We stand with you today in strong support and full solidarity for a democratic, independent and strong Albania. We will continue to stand with you as you now undertake difficult tasks that are necessary to achieve Albania's full potential. These tasks are difficult, but they're not impossible. And even if they were impossible, if anyone can defy the odds, it's the people of Albania. You've done it time and again throughout your history. And I have to say I'm deeply moved to be standing here in Albania and looking straight down to Skanderbeg Square, to the statue of your hero, someone who should be a hero for all of us. He's a symbol of unity. He's a symbol of courage, perseverance, and vision. I'm proud to be here with you today. We're proud to be with you as allies today, tomorrow, cra-pra-cra, always. Thank you, Fala Menderic. Today is an open day of the Defender Europe 21 exercise. As I've already mentioned, this is the most important exercise developed during the last decades in the Western Balkan led by the United States of America and the NATO allies. This exercise today is in the heart of Albania, in the heart of Tehran, to bring it closer to our citizens and to show the size, the civil size, that all our common efforts, military efforts have demonstrated as Albania, as a NATO LA, and Bissabia, and next to the United States of America. We had an open day in Duras, an open day in Tehran, in Ljubljana, in Kutsova. Onshore, offshore, in all the Albanian space, and besides, next to about 1,000 military forces who are exercising together to demonstrate our force, the force of our alliance, and to provide security, peace, and stability, and also to provide sustainability to the Albanian citizens. Therefore, it is highly important to bring our citizens next to these military efforts. The main goal appears to maintain peace, to strengthen democracy for us to be more safe for the future. I am very happy today, I'm very pleased that I live in a country where the military forces are so close and so welcomed by the Albanian citizens. Based on many surveys that I have read, the military forces convey the highest reliability compared to other institutions. I have also noticed this during this common exercise, what we managed to do next to the American Embassy to promote and to broadcast it in all the media channels, to show the high interest of our citizens in this military forces and this common exercise. We have provided our importance to the city of Tijuana and to other cities so that to be, to understand, and to why be proud to be Albanian is so tangible. Together with our 1,000 military forces that are exercising today with a lot of dignity next to the United States of America forces. After 12 years of membership in the NATO, today it is a milestone to test ourselves, to test our capacities, to test our standards, that somebody is working on a daily basis, which is our military forces. Maybe sometimes invisible, but they exercise and they build capacities. They stand besides the citizens in the civil protection on a daily basis. They are there for each event of fluid, for each event of catastrophe to get back the gratitude of the Albanian citizens. I would like to invite all the young generation to see the participation in the armed forces as they future and to become part of the military academy, which is going to grow and to increase and to develop on a yearly basis by making them competitive in the civil life in the future. Thank you very much once again for your participation. This open day will be here today and this exhibition will be here today, even after this ceremony. So all young people, children and citizens will have the opportunity to see on a closer point of view the multiple capacities besides our L.A.s of the United States of America and the NATO. Thank you very much. Ladies and gentlemen, his excellency, Mr. Prime Minister of the Republic of Albania, Mr. Edirama, honor generals, lieutenants, officers, soldiers of the military forces, friends, comrades. It is a special honor for me and a privilege for me that today on behalf of the government of the Republic of Albania to express my gratitude to all the military forces involved in this joint exercise which is quite significant to our nation when it comes to size and when it comes to the message it conveys. Simultaneously, I would like besides and beyond the gratitude for all the girls and boys, men and women in uniform involved in this joint exercise that on the same time are part and convey the guarantee and the daily security for Albania and for Albanians with their commitment, with their sacrifice, allow me to express my gratitude to their families too. Their families who sacrifice on a daily basis and who are the first ones that are affected by the emotions which are significant and not rare of their members of family to be involved in the military forces. For whom on a daily basis it is not called and it is not always safe. On the same time, I would like to express my gratitude once again to each member of the military forces involved in this joint exercise which is quite significant to us together with the United States of America and together with all the rest of the countries and moreover our special gratitude goes to the representative of the government of the United States of America in Albania, the ambassador, Yuri Kim, that with all her commitment, impressive commitment has provided a different and a special significance to the relationship between the two countries by personally being involved in the support of the requests and the needs of our country when it comes to the further strengthening of our protective and defense capacities but also in the further development of our justice capacities. And of course the trust the United States of America have shown as a continuance to this partnership and alliance, strategic alliance with the small Albania gets the peak with this military defense defender Europe 21 which not commonly is the greatest joint exercise with the most significant involvement in the history of our region. And last but not least, I would like to highlight once again the fact that this very beautiful and impressive exhibition as already mentioned as called by the minister of defense is an opportunity to invite all the citizens to closely visit the entire arsenal of arms. It would be very important and it wouldn't be possible if that the concrete support of the United States of America's government would be present for the continuous growth and sustainable growth of the capacities of the Albanian military forces as regard to the quality growth and strengthening of our human resources as well as the modernization of our military forces with the equipment and logistics of the most modern logistics and equipment. On the other hand, I am quite confident also based on the discussions that I have had with the generals that honored us with their presence in the opening of this joint exercise defender Europe 21 and also based on the discussions that I have had with the ambassador of the United States of America, I am quite convinced that we will have the opportunity to have meaningful further steps in increasing the quality of the human resources of our military forces by providing a more attractive environment to revive and to make this call of the minister of the defense more vivid for addressing the call of the military forces as a golden opportunity for their formation, for their lives, for their career after their graduation. In Albania, establishing new academic capacities to the aid of the strengthening of our military forces, human resources in partnership with the United States of America is our main goal, our main objective and the mission, the joint mission of the government of the Republic of Albania and the representativeness of the United States of America in Albania. I am very grateful to all the stakeholders involved in this process which was not easy at all for transforming our military forces and I am fully convinced that this joint exercise will not end with just the influence to our military forces, will not end with just the termination of the deadline but it will continue to influence on a moral and psychological point of view all the members of our military forces and I really wish that the partnership and the friendship between Albania and the United States of America is endless to the infinity as is already mentioned by the ambassador. We will stand craft per craft side by side today, tomorrow and forever. Thank you. Honored participants, his excellency, Mr. Hidia Mehta, President of the Republic of Albania. Honored representatives of the government and the institutions, honored Miss Ambassador of the United States of America and honored representatives of the diplomatic body, honored General Chief of General Staff of Armed Forces of the Republic of Albania and all senior management of the joint exercise Defender Europe 21 and participating military forces, honored Defense Atashez, ladies and gentlemen, dear citizens of Tehran, it is a pleasure, it is a special pleasure for me to be here all together in this square that has the name of the great saint, Mother Teresa, to demonstrate the military forces capacities with the greatest military armed forces which has ever been developed in our country in the region, serving to the defense of protection and security in the region and beyond. The training operations on shore of shore have been quite successful and has fulfilled all the objectives planned so far by highlighting the interrelationships and the coordination between the troops. I would like to appreciate the organization of this very important joint exercise in our country, the exchange of experiences between the armed forces of the armed forces and the United States of America forces and other ally countries that will serve to the strengthening of our capacities in the future. I am quite happy that the local and central government and the populations of the areas have shown the hospitality and our national values. I am quite convinced that the remaining part of this joint exercise will continue in the future and will continue to be successful with the engagement of all the stakeholders in fulfilling our joint objectives. I would like to express my gratitude for the contribution and the support of the United States of America and other ally countries that selected our country as a host country for the organization of this very important exercise. As a NATO member country, we feel quite appreciated and honored for this fact, but as already mentioned, in the opening of this defense, NATO is the greatest alliance and their support. Its support is unanimous together with this vocation and our European vocation. I would like to congratulate our military forces for their professionalism and their engagement and I would like to encourage them to continue on the same pace by increasing the operational capacities and training capacities to express the readiness to the emergencies that are emerging from the constitution and as a response of our engagement on the NATO alliance. Thank you very much and further successes to your job. Honored participants, set in the first two rows, I would like to invite you to attend some demonstrations of our air and armed forces. Thank you very much. The University of Tirana is a polytechnic and I would like to demonstrate to you the operation of special operations for the people of Marpeung, Ganyugu and Amato-sur-Terrorist. Operators of the command are passing this Sunday on the year of the year at the University of Prima-Vial-Tinistica, of the Potoin-Branda-Nabanese. The troops of the command are passing this Sunday on the year of the year of the year at the University of Prima-Vial-Tinistica, of the Potoin-Branda-Nabanese. Thank you very much. Forza Vespeciale, Parallel Gimit, Toto Berth, Kontolrii Trupavetovar, Toglupi Terrorist, Jumera Tarma, Vesebarsku Mepengu, Levizim Ndretim, Teraion Toglumbu Gimit, Kutotobler Hengati, Plleviziena Desisnazionin, Edoor. Itzis Uštarake, na Operazione Tosocerimita Personaliteteve. Toneura Prismaris, Juftoim Tondiekin, Disar Demostrime, Totrupo Sozemoniali, Toforza Vekama Tosura.