US EditionAlbanian PM Kneels To Greet Italian PM Giorgia Meloni At EU Summit
- Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama hosted over 40 European leaders, including Italy's Giorgia Meloni, at the European Political Community summit in Tirana on May 16, 2025.
- The summit was initiated by French President Emmanuel Macron in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, aiming to tackle key topics such as the ongoing conflict and migration issues.
- Rama, having recently won a fourth term on a platform promising Albania’s EU membership by 2030, greeted fellow leaders with dramatic gestures, including kneeling to welcome Meloni and sharing a warm hug with Macron.
- Rama remarked that although he is the tallest leader present, he governs one of the smallest countries, and hosting this summit is a significant honor for them. The event also featured AI-generated images of leaders depicted as babies, each welcoming attendees to Albania.
- The summit highlighted Albania’s growing relevance in European politics and reinforced its EU aspirations while showcasing a deepening Albania-Italy friendship symbolized by Rama’s respectful gesture to Meloni.
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With his knee on the ground and his hands together before his chest, the Albanian Prime Minister, Edi Rama, received Giorgia Meloni on his arrival at the summit of European leaders held in Tirana in a scene reminiscent of those from 'Marriage to Italian', with Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni on the Vittorio de Sica tape. "I want to bow down on my knees today. Yes, because I love you more than anyone else", sang Gianni Morandi in a song tha…
The good relations between Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama are well known. On Friday, on the edge of the European Community summit in Tirana, Rama came up with a special gesture. The images then spread virally on the Internet. When Meloni got out of her car, Rama kneeled down with folded hands in the rain on the red carpet on Skanderbeg Square, as can be seen from video recordings. Meloni was visibly em…
Tirana, the capital of Albania, is hosting this weekend the summit of the European Political Community (EPC), and this Friday we saw a curious scene at the arrival of Giorgia Meloni, the Prime Minister of Italy. Meloni was received by the Prime Minister of Albania, Edi Rama, who was a basketball player and is 2.01 meters tall. Rama, dressed with a peculiar white slippers with the logo of the CPE, knelt on the red carpet to receive his counterpar…
The moment he was offered by the Albanian Prime Minister at the summit of the European Political Community from Tirana. The Albanian Prime Minister, over 2.01 metres high and was a basketball player, was put in his knees at the time he appeared to Giorgia Meloni, the Italian Prime Minister. The Albanian official put the umbrella aside and joined his hands as in a prayer, before he took it into his arms on his approval, according to News.ro, whic…
When Italy's PM Meloni arrived, Rama knelt down in front of her, as he often does for his 'Italian sister'. At the same time, he gave special respect to Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky and personally escorted him to the Opera House, where the leaders were to hold talks. When Macron arrived, Rama quipped, 'The Sun King has arrived!' Both the leaders hugged each other warmly and then entered inside.
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