Artan Hoxha, during an interview on "This Week", said that the government is seeking to destroy the port of Durres, which is the main gateway connecting the Black Sea.

According to him, there are great interests in this port, but Rama is deliberately seeking to destroy it.

"We deliberately destroyed it not out of irresponsibility. We are creating another port that is not comparable to that of Durrës. We must create a larger port than the existing one. We are moving towards a smaller port than that, reducing our size. And moreover, since this is a strategic node and for international partners, we awarded the tender we held to a consortium that has interests, with Russian-Greek owners," said Hoxha.

He revealed that the Porto Romano project was one of the issues that brought the American ambassador to Greece to Tirana in recent days, who unexpectedly visited Rama at the Prime Minister's Office.

Artan Hoxha:  They want to call it the Dubai marina and it is called the Durrës marina. They are destroying the main port that connects the Black Sea, which has great interests. And you eliminate the port of Piraeus and you take on a special importance, you are the bridgehead to jump into Europe. We destroyed it intentionally, not out of irresponsibility.

We have a port in Vlora and no cranes. And we are destroying the port of Durres, we are taking away one of the assets of the Albanian nation.

We are creating another port that is not comparable to that of Durrës. We must create a larger port than the existing one. We are moving towards a smaller port than that, which reduces our size. And moreover, since this is a strategic node and for international partners, we gave the tender that we conducted to a consortium that has interests, with Russian-Greek owners. So your main and largest asset in the country, you trust someone who is not welcome, I am not giving information that secret agencies have. The US and the EU do not welcome these developers of this project. This asset turns into a NATO asset if you trust this project. Rama said that we did this precisely due to the pressure of the US and the EU because they told us that there would be consequences. One of the last visits of the US ambassador to Greece to Tirana, one of the reasons is the port of Porto Romano. One of the reasons and we have to be very careful, as we are harming the nation.