In messages sent to the Kosovo leadership, Albania's President Alfred Moisiu and Prime Minister Sali Berisha praised Rugova as a "great leader" of whom Kosovo and all Albanians could be proud.
U porukama koje su uputili rukovodstvu Kosova, albanski predsednik Alfred Mojsiju i premijer Sali Beriša pohvalili su Rugovu kao «velikog lidera» na koga Kosovo i svi Albanci mogu da budu ponosni.