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Jared Kushner: How I met Edi Rama on the Rothschilds' yacht and why I chose Sazan

2025-05-17 22:16:00, Aktualitet CNA

Jared Kushner: How I met Edi Rama on the Rothschilds' yacht and why I chose

US President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, has revealed in his speech held online at the "Future Investment Initiative" Forum how he met Prime Minister Edi Rama and why he chose the island of Sazani for his projects.

Kushner said the acquaintance took place on the yacht of his friend, Matt Rothschild.

"So, like all things in life, everything takes its course. I was on vacation after we left the government in the summer of 2021. We were on our friend Matt Rothschild's boat, they picked us up in Montenegro and then we started sailing to Corfu and spent a few days in Albania," Kushner said.

He then revealed that one of the nights there, Prime Minister Rama went on his yacht.

"I hadn't met him when I was in government, but I was very, very impressed by his vision of what he wanted to do with Albania, I really didn't know anything about the country. I didn't understand the history and the darkness of communism and the terrible leadership that actually led that country to complete underdevelopment as a nation, but Edi came on board and one of the interesting things that attracted me was the fact that he seemed like a very capable politician, a very strong and smart leader. But also the fact that, since he was an artist in the past, I thought it would be very interesting to see how an artist was really running a country and building it, someone with amazing taste and great creativity. And so I was intrigued by that," Kushner said.

As for his choice for Sazan, Kushner said he was drawn to the extraordinary location, which is right in the middle of the Mediterranean.

“Well, you have moments where you think, is this really worth it? I know, what the hell am I doing this for, but I was really curious that we spent about a year, really understanding the market, the demographics, the trends, the double-digit growth of the country, the pace of Europe, but then you have to say, okay, is this place, which historically has a bit of a mixed reputation, going to be a clean place? The more we got into the design, the more we fell in love with what we were creating and we felt that the environment was perfect, but not without the great work of the team on the ground, our partners on the ground and the government, really creating a very pro-growth environment. The location is extraordinary and you are right in the middle of the Mediterranean, but again, because of the bad history that this place had until the 90s, it was really underdeveloped, so you don’t have that kind of opportunity in the Mediterranean where there has been a lot of development and then everything is over-regulated, where nothing can be built and nothing can be done,” Kushner said. ./CNA





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