October 7 attack / Deputy PM Kociu at the memorial ceremony: Albania stands by Israel! There can be no silence in the face of terrorism

Deputy Prime Minister Albana Kociu took part today in the official ceremony organised by the Embassy of Israel in Tirana, on the occasion of the anniversary of the terrorist attack of October 7, 2023.

In her speech, Kociu recalled the 1,200 innocent lives lost during the Hamas attack, stressing that such acts can be neither justified nor relativised under any circumstances.

“Three years on from October 7, we remember the victims of the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel, a barbaric act that took 1,200 innocent lives and shocked the whole world. Terrorism knows no age, no state, no innocence, and precisely for this reason there can be no relativisation, justification or silence toward it,” Kociu declared.

In her message, also conveyed on social media, the deputy prime minister confirmed Albania’s commitment alongside the state of Israel and all nations that defend democratic freedoms and global peace.

“Albania stands by Israel and all those who defend the right to live free, in peace and in safety. Today, more than ever, we must choose civilisation over barbarity, freedom over fanaticism and peace over terror. On the side of life. On the side of freedom. On the side of peace,” the government’s number two concluded her reaction.