Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni ordered the Italian embassy to pay a restaurant bill of around 80 euros after Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama had pointed out the behavior of Italian tourists.
Four Italian tourists created a special diplomatic exchange between Italy and Albania when they walked out of a restaurant in Albania without paying. In the end, the Italian government ended up paying the bill.
Reported about it British broadcasting company BBC.
According to the BBC, it is unclear when the restaurant brawl in the city of Berat took place.
However, the surveillance camera video of the tourists wandering out went viral on social media and even got the attention of the Albanian government.
Prime minister Edi Rama that’s what the Italian Prime Minister pointed out about the behavior of the turts For Giorgia Meloni during his visit to the country.
– Go pay the bill for these idiots, Meloni had then told the Italian ambassador, according to La Stampa newspaper.
The case made headlines in both countries.
The Italian Embassy in Albania confirms in its press release that it has paid the bill of around 80 euros on behalf of the tourists.
– Italians respect the rules and pay their debts. We hope that such incidents will not happen again, the embassy says.
Italian Minister of Agriculture Francesco Lollobrigida, who is Meloni’s brother-in-law, was also involved in the visit to Albania. Lollobrigida commented to the Reuters news agency that paying the bill is a matter of honor.
– A few dishonest individuals must not dishonor decent people, says Lollobrigida.