After their transfer to Albania, the members of the MEK were first scattered in different locations in Tirana, the capital of Albania. After that, they went to a location in Albania’s Durres province, near the city of Manz, where they got a patch of farming land, and during one-and-half years, they turned it into a beautiful city they called Ashraf 3. On July 13, 2019, the MEK hosted a large international conference in Ashraf 3, attended by dignitaries such as Rudy Giuliani, former mayor of New York, Joseph Lieberman, former U.S. vice presidential candidate, Stephen Harper, former Canadian Prime Minister, John Baird, former Canadian Foreign Minister, Sid Ahmed Ghozali, former Algerian Prime Minister, Bernard Kouchner, former French Foreign Minister, Michelle Alliot-Marie, former French Foreign and Defense Minister, Ingrid Betancourt, former Columbian presidential candidate, and delegations and dignitaries from 50 countries, including Germany, France, Italy, UK and Albania.
