Tirana, 16 July 2022 (MIA) - There are no more obstacles to the accession negotiations of Albania with the EU, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama said Saturday after the Macedonian Parliament approved the French proposal. "Albania's absurd hostage has ended," he wrote on Facebook. "It took three exhausting years since the decision of the European Council to open negotiations. The chain of artificial hurdles before Albania has been fully  leveled," Rama said. He announced that an Albanian delegation will travel on Monday to Brussels to start the negotiations for membership with the EU.