The leader of a social democratic party in Albania has contracted with a former Republican congressman to make inroads with the incoming Trump administration, including coming to Washington for the inauguration.

Ilir Meta, the leader of the country’s third-largest political party, hired The McKeon Group, a firm founded by ex-Rep. Buck McKeon (R-Calif.), a former chairman of the House Armed Services committee.

He has agreed to pay the firm $15,000 per month, disclosure forms submitted to the Justice Department show. The sum is a relatively small amount for a foreign lobbying contract.

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The work includes securing attendance at the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump Donald John TrumpBarr criticizes DOJ in speech declaring all agency power 'is invested in the attorney general' Military leaders asked about using heat ray on protesters outside White House: report Powell warns failure to reach COVID-19 deal could 'scar and damage' economy MORE on Friday and arranging to meet “key DC leaders” during the inauguration.

McKeon will have tickets for his clients to attend the inauguration, but told The Hill he won’t be going.

Starting next week, the McKeon Group will shift to developing “a good and very special relationship with the incoming Administration and Congress,” according to documents signed Jan. 4.

Meta, who now serves as the Speaker of Parliament, founded the Socialist Movement for Integration (abbreviated as the LSI Party) in 2004, after serving as Albania’s prime minister.

The center-left political party is an offshoot of the Socialist Party of Albania, to which Meta once belonged, and formed a government coalition with the right-leaning Democratic Party of Albania in 2009.

“I don’t know what their position is on things and what the status is on dealings with our nation,” McKeon said in a telephone interview.

“When people want to have better relations with us, I think it’s good for us to try and improve relations around the world, build allies and from what I understand that’s what they are interested in,” he added.

The contract came as a referral from a friend and former lobbyist, McKeon said, and signed shortly after the initial introduction.

“When they get out here, we’ll talk and see if we want to continue to work with them. I’m not going to do something that’s going to be, in my opinion, harmful for our country,” he says. “There are less than 3 million people [in Albania], I don’t see them as any threat to our nation. I think when they want to reach out and try to improve relations, it’s at least worth it to try.”

Meta became prime minister at 30 years old, and served for 14 months, from October 1999 through February 2002.

He went on to become Albania’s minister of foreign affairs, deputy prime minister, and minister of economy, trade and energy. Meta was elected to Speaker of Parliament in 2013.

McKeon, who retired from Congress at the end of 2014, disclosed the work under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), a post-World War II law aimed at providing transparency surrounding foreign influence on American politics.