Albania offers Soviet-built naval base to Nato

Albanian prime minister Edi Rama said the Pashaliman naval base could be ‘an added value’ to the alliance (Franc Zhurda/AP)

Albania has offered Nato a naval base to highlight the small country’s value in the alliance “in these difficult times”, the Prime Minister’s office said.

Edi Rama said the Pashaliman naval base, 110 miles south of the capital Tirana, could be “an added value” to the alliance and a renovation project has been prepared.