Transformation of the Kosovo Security Forces into the armed forces of Kosovo is not seen as a threat, it must be done through the constitution and it is important to reach the Kosovo Serb community on the ground in order to guarantee security and peace to everyone, says Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Pristina Ruairí O’Connell in an inteview with KoSSeV, reports daily Blic.
The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Kosovo, Ruairi O’Connell, has requested on the International Day of the Disappeared, has requested to enlighten the fate of the missing persons in Kosovo.
“On International Day of the Disappeared, I salute the courage, dignity and determination of families to find truth and justice. I feel their pain and loss, and I hope governments will do all they can, including by releasing information, to resolve the fate of the missing and to support families left behind,” O’Connell wrote.
The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Kosovo, Ruairi O’Connell, said during a round-table organized by Kosovo Rehabilitation Center for Torture Victims that the future government of Kosovo should establish a pension fund for the survivors of sexual abuse during the war.
The leader of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) and candidate for Prime Minister of the PAN coalition Ramush Haradinaj, met today with the Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Kosovo, Ruairi O’Connell.
The President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, said at the “Launching Westminster program for democracy in Kosovo” that Kosovo institutions should not have positions for people who are under investigation. “They should not be included in the election lists either,” Thaci said.
British Ambassador to Pristina Ruairí O'Connell believes that the decision of the Serb political representatives to "freeze" their participation in the Government and the Assembly of Kosovo was a mistake, stressing that boycott as a political tool never gave results.
British Ambassador in Kosovo Ruairí O'Connell, visiting the show 'Dogovor' on RTV Kim, said that the Serbian list should consider return to the institutions.
Deputy of the Serbian List Bojan Mitić says the last adopted laws in Kosovo are endangering the safety of Serbs in Kosovo.
Serbian deputy Bojan Mitić said this on a meeting with the Ambassador of Great Britain in Kosovo Ruairí O'Connell and representatives of the British "Westminster Foundation".
Answering a question during a live chat on Facebook, the British Ambassador to Kosovo Ruairi O’Connell said that a unification of Kosovo and Albania sounds like a threat. “To be honest, when I hear that there will be stability in the Balkans only if Kosovo and Albania is unified, it sounds like a threat,” said O’Connell adding that the international community has recognised independence of Kosovo based on Ahtisaari’s plan which rules out unification with Albania.
Below find the opinion piece by the Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Kosovo, Ruairi O’Connell, published today in Zeri.
8th March is celebrated internationally as women's day.
I have to admit, the first time I spent 8 March in Kosovo, I was surprised by the tradition. The day is not really celebrated in Britain, and I had not seen this practiced before.
But I am glad that it is marked in Kosovo.
The Ambassador of the United Kingdom in Kosovo, Ruairi O’Conell is doing something that no Kosovo politician did, except during the election campaign. Today, he has set the time between 14:00 to 16:00 hours to discuss with Kosovo people on Facebook. The Embassy has invited Kosovo people not to miss the opportunity to make questions. O’Connell speaks fluent Albanian. “Don’t miss the opportunity!