President of Albania, Bujar Nishani, said in his address at the UN General Assembly that Kosovo has become an important factor of stability and peace in the region and that Albania fully supports overall development of Kosovo, its stability and territorial integrity in its present borders.

“The independent state of Kosovo, the youngest state in the region, in less than six years has managed through transformative development agenda to gain wide international recognition and successfully integrate in regional and international organisations”, said Nishani.

He stressed further that the progress in Kosovo and the new atmosphere in the region have led to successful talks between Kosovo and Serbia facilitated by the EU. “Time has shown that engagement in dialogue was a wise decision. Dialogue has produced concrete results by bringing two countries closer and has facilitated and sped up the European integration journey for the two countries”, noted Nishani adding that agreements reached in Brussels should be fully implemented.

Nishani also spoke about the process of Kosovo’s recognitions highlighting how important it is for Kosovo’s progress. “We therefore call on all countries that have not recognised Kosovo to do so. They would this way contribute to peace and stability in the region”.