1.   It is, after all, a country abundantly endowed with natural resources.

2.   The country is endowed with huge untapped energy and metals reserves, and, in some cases, major Russian companies have lucrative alliances with Western partners.

3.   Hoxha personally took charge of the project to endow his country with fortifications designed to stand up to the most sophisticated weapons.

4.   But if their rapid development and smooth adaptation to the world economy endow such countries with new rights, they will also have to accept new obligations.