Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Albanian Premier Edi Rama were together in Laç to inaugurate the new apartment block built with Turkish government funds whereas only a few kilometers away President Ilir Meta was commemorating the Albanian National Hero Gjergj Kastrioti, known as Skanderbeg.

Erdogan’s visit coincided with Skanderbeg’s day of death 554 years ago, after having led the country for 25 years against the Ottoman occupation.

President Meta paid homage to the Skanderbeg Memorial in Lezha, only 17 kilometers north of Laç.

“Skanderbeg is not only our National Hero that gave the strongest identity to our nation, in defense of freedom and national and human dignity, at the same time he is also an extraordinary personality and a hero of the European civilization who defined in irrevocable way our nation’s European identity and Albania’s European future”, Meta said.