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They are mostly concentrated in the south of the country, the northern part of the historical region of Epirus, with the highest concentration in the districts of Sarandë, Gjirokastër (particularly in the Dropull area), Delvinë and Vlorë with the coastal area of Himarë being predominantly populated by the Greek minority. [...] See Comments of the Government of Albania on the Second Opinion of the Advisory Committee on the Implementation of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities by Albania (GVT/COM/II(2008)005), p. [...] In accordance with Article 2, paragraph 2, and Article 3, paragraph 1, of the Charter, enable considerable synergies in periodic reporting to the Council of Europe as the language- Albania declares that the following provisions shall apply to the languages concerned: related parts of the State report on the application of the FCNM would represent the basis of the State report on the ECRML. [...] In 1941, a part of considers its ratification of the Charter as an act of solidarity in the view of the objectives of the the minority was exempted from the deportation of Germans to Kazakhstan and Siberia. [...] possible that the application of the ECRML remains by and large cost-neutral.46 It would also enable considerable synergies in periodic reporting to the Council of Europe as the language- According to the definition in Article 1.a of the ECRML, the concept “‘regional or minority related parts of the State report on the application of the FCNM would represent the basis of the languages’ means langu.