ALBANIA

VISIT TO KOSOVO REFUGEES

31 MARCH - 1 APRIL 1999

On Thursday 31 March 1999 the President of the Pontifical Council "Cor Unum", His Excellency Archbishop Paul Josef Cordes will be in Albania to visit the refugees from Kosovo.  With  this trip the Holy See intends to verify the initiatives underway in the area of humanitarian relief and assistance.  Archbishop Cordes will meet with the President of the Republic, the Bishops of Albania and the Director of Caritas Albania, Father Segundo Tejado.

Vatican City, 30 March 1999