The State Department has sent diplomatic cables to more than 20 US embassies, including the one in Tirana, to gather data on far-left groups.
According to a report by the Washington Post , the US State Department has sent a diplomatic cable to more than 20 US embassies around the world, including the US Embassy in Albania, requesting information on far-left groups.
The newspaper writes that the cable was sent in mid-June and was addressed to American embassies in several countries, "from Argentina and Mexico to Italy and Albania."
According to two people familiar with the matter, several embassies have responded, but none have indicated that they agree with the US administration's assessment of the threat level.
The report comes as US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has invited senior ministers from more than 60 countries to a meeting in Washington, focused on what the Trump administration calls a "resurgence of far-left transnational terrorism."
According to documents reviewed by the Washington Post, this initiative has caused concern among some American officials, European allies and independent analysts, who do not see the threat in the same terms as the administration.
The article states that some American officials fear that this approach could be linked to attempts to use powerful counterterrorism instruments against activists in the United States, whom the administration sees as left-wing extremists.
A US counterterrorism official told the newspaper that the connection to foreign terrorist groups "could open up several investigative tools," including surveillance.
Meanwhile, some foreign diplomats have expressed reservations about Rubio's invitation, questioning the clarity of the purpose of the meeting.
“We don’t have antifa,” one European diplomat told the Washington Post. “I don’t think we can find any reason why we would be interested in participating in such an activity,” said another.
