The Prime Minister of Albania, Edi Rama, announced today the unprecedented decision of the Albanian government to cut off diplomatic relations with Iran.

The decision comes after the cyber attack on government institutions a few weeks ago.

In a press release, Rama said that the decision was made known with an official note to the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran, which was requested to leave the territory of the Republic of Albania within 24 hours of all diplomatic and technical-administrative personnel. including security.

"Last July 15, our country became the object of a serious cyber attack, which had as its objective the destruction of the digital infrastructure of the Government of the Republic of Albania, as well as the theft of data and electronic communications from government systems," he said. Rama.

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"The attack did not reach its goal.

Compared to the targets of the aggressors, the damages can be considered small.

All systems were restored and nothing was irretrievably lost," he added.

"The in-depth investigation provided us with irrefutable evidence that the cyber aggression against our country was orchestrated and sponsored by the Islamic Republic of Iran, which engaged four groups for the attack on Albania.

Among them, one of the most notorious groups of international cyber terrorism, author or co-author of previous cyber attacks on Israel, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the United Emirates, Kuwait and Cyprus", explained the Prime Minister.

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"We have informed our strategic allies, NATO partner countries and some other friendly countries, with whom we have also shared the irrefutable results of the investigation that proves the source of the aggression against our country," he said.

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"Based on the above, the Council of Ministers has decided with immediate effect to terminate diplomatic relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran.

This decision was made known with an official note to the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran, which was requested to leave the territory of the Republic of Albania within 24 hours of all diplomatic and technical-administrative personnel, including security personnel, he added. Rama.

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"This extreme measure, not at all desired but completely forced, is in full proportion to the seriousness and dangerousness of the cyber attack, which threatened to paralyze public services, delete systems and steal state data, steal electronic communications within the system government and fueling insecurity and chaos in the country."

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"The failure of this massive attack on our country, thanks to the resistance of the systems we set up and the help of the special groups that joined us in this war, is not the end of the cyber threat, but simply proof that Albania has now also entered thanks to digital development the broad map of the cyber security war.

But the good news is that we know what we have to do and how we have to do it so that no one can touch us, just as we also know that we will do the right things because we have the right partners." said the prime minister at the end.

/Telegraph/

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