Albanian prime minister Edi Rama defended the decision to financially support a concert by controversial US rapper Kanye West.
In a public Facebook post on Wednesday, Rama sought to address public anger over the event by arguing that a €4 million ($4.56 million) investment in the concert was good for the country.
"We allocated €4 million at the last minute to avoid embarrassing Albania in the eyes of nearly 25,000 foreign visitors from 80 countries who had already purchased tickets to see Kanye West, while many others were wary that the concert might be cancelled," Rama said on Facebook.
Albania is the latest country to allow the rapper to perform, after several others declined. The concert is scheduled for July 11 and will take place just outside the capital Tirana, in a makeshift stadium custom-built for the event.
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