While Nano has been at or close to the seat of power in the Albanian government since 1990, his ongoing disputes with Ilir Meta contributed to instability in the late 1990s through 2002. As of July 2002, it appeared that the factions had finally found a way to coexist and perhaps even cooperate.
Nano, in an address given in 2002 at the start of his three-year term as prime minister, noted his priorities for the new government: improving the economy; fighting smuggling, corruption, and terrorism; and preparing for talks on the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) with the EU.
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