The summit, organised by UNESCO and held under the high patronage of the Albanian president, brought together six heads of state and government, including the presidents of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, and Serbia-Montenegro, and about a hundred political and religious leaders, experts and representatives of international and religious organisations from around the world.
Mesic said in his address that any dialogue should be based on the truth in order to produce results and that people should be brave enough to face the truth regardless of what it was like.
"We must send a clear message from this meeting that we are sincerely committed to building good relations between us, that we accept dialogue on the platform of democracy, the rule of law and promotion of human rights protection as the only form of communication between our countries, and that ultimately we will remove all forms of totalitarianism, because it is not compatible with dialogue, and condemn all attempts of historical revisionism aimed at rehabilitating defeated and rejected ideas and ideologies," the Croatian President said.
Other speakers also highlighted the need to intensify inter-ethnic and inter-religious dialogue with a view to eliminating prejudices and promoting understanding.
Mesic was expected to end his visit to Tirana with several bilateral meetings.