Post by account_disabled on Mar 3, 2024 0:54:22 GMT -5
Without a doubt, Albania is blessed with over 400 km of maritime borders as well as a very favorable position in the Mediterranean and the region. The maritime spaces (internal and territorial seas) of RSH are about 11 thousand km2 or more than 1/3 of the land surface (28 thousand km2). Consequently, the maritime space of RSH possesses economic resources with strategic weight for the well-being of citizens and high geopolitical interests in the Mediterranean for the entire nation. Historically, the approach and relations of Albanians with the sea have not been very "friendly". This is because the sea has been seen as the direction from which threats, misfortunes, disasters came, and very little, if not at all, has been seen as a space with extraordinary opportunities for economic prosperity, as well as for the well-being of citizens.
Read also: No Content Available Cambodia WhatsApp Number Data The communist regime of E. Hoxha saw the sea as a space from which enemies or a coalition of enemies would attack us and spent almost 10% of the country's GDP (from the total up to 25% for defense), to build infrastructures, defense capacities, as well as a modest fishing and trading fleet for economic interests. After the 1990s, the sea served us as an orientation and a bridge for Albanians to the west, but it still remained "in the classroom" as a "source of traffic, smuggling and threats", while the commercial and fishing fleets were almost completely disbanded. Despite the "unintegrated" efforts, the infrastructures and sea ports (Durrës, Vlorë, Shengjin, Sarandë) are almost ruined and operate at a high economic cost.
Also, despite the efforts to modernize the maritime space surveillance system (with Lockedmartin) as well as some patrol vessels, the Naval Forces (military) and the Coast Guard, FD do not possess sufficient operational capacities capable of exercising maritime authority. while the tools of the Border Police remain almost non-existent. After 1992, almost all governments lacked the vision and programs to change the approach and focus on the high and long-term economic interests that the maritime space carries. Specifically, in the "paper inventory" document of the government-Rama: "NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION 2015 - 2020", the maritime sector is summarized in just one paragraph with immeasurable objectives, as well as unclear programs and responsibilities.
Read also: No Content Available Cambodia WhatsApp Number Data The communist regime of E. Hoxha saw the sea as a space from which enemies or a coalition of enemies would attack us and spent almost 10% of the country's GDP (from the total up to 25% for defense), to build infrastructures, defense capacities, as well as a modest fishing and trading fleet for economic interests. After the 1990s, the sea served us as an orientation and a bridge for Albanians to the west, but it still remained "in the classroom" as a "source of traffic, smuggling and threats", while the commercial and fishing fleets were almost completely disbanded. Despite the "unintegrated" efforts, the infrastructures and sea ports (Durrës, Vlorë, Shengjin, Sarandë) are almost ruined and operate at a high economic cost.
Also, despite the efforts to modernize the maritime space surveillance system (with Lockedmartin) as well as some patrol vessels, the Naval Forces (military) and the Coast Guard, FD do not possess sufficient operational capacities capable of exercising maritime authority. while the tools of the Border Police remain almost non-existent. After 1992, almost all governments lacked the vision and programs to change the approach and focus on the high and long-term economic interests that the maritime space carries. Specifically, in the "paper inventory" document of the government-Rama: "NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION 2015 - 2020", the maritime sector is summarized in just one paragraph with immeasurable objectives, as well as unclear programs and responsibilities.