Kosovo's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hashim Thaci, said that the voting of the European Parliament for the ratification of the Stabilization Association Agreement with Kosovo, marks a new era for the youngest European state.

“The European Parliament gave a majority vote in favor of the ratification of the Stabilization Association Agreement with Kosovo. This is a historical moment and the first formal contract between Kosovo and the EU,” wrote Thaci on his Facebook profile page.

“This is the first step in the long road which will bring our children to the embrace of a European family. We fought for freedom, we won the independence and today starts the new European era of the Republic of Kosovo. God bless European Kosovo,” Thaci wrote.