Kosovo’s foreign minister has written to his counterparts in the European Union, the US and other countries denouncing what he said were “numerous acts of provocation and aggression” from Serbia.

Enver Hoxhaj called on the EU, which facilitates Pristina-Belgrade talks aimed at normalising ties, to urge Serbia to remain committed to good relations an official said.

The President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaçi, congratulated the elected President of the United States, Donald Trump, for the victory in the presidential elections.

President Thaçi has said that the permanent friendship between Kosovo and the USA  is the basis on which the deepening of the bilateral cooperation will continue.

On behalf of the people and institutions of Kosovo, President Thaçi has also wished the elected US President a successful mandate in the implementation of the priorities of the American people.

The President of Kosovo Hashim Thaçi, and the Ambassador of the United States of America in Kosovo Greg Delawie, signed today amendment of the bilateral agreement on the Development Objective Agreement Grant (DOAG) .

The agreement includes determination of the U.S. government to help Kosovo institutions attain reforms which would push Kosovo’s development forward.

Veton Surroi considers that renegotiation of the agreement for the demarcation of the border between Kosovo and Montenegro is an interest of Kosovo, because, according to him, this would create an internal consensus. He also considers that it is an interest of Kosovo and Montenegro for the demarcation to happen based on the consent of both parties. Currently this is not possible being that one of the parties is not unanimous, he writes.

Vice President Joe Biden warned the Kosovar government Wednesday of the "cancer" of corruption, during his first visit to the Balkans since 2009.

"I'm here today to affirm the United States is going to continue to stand with the people of Kosovo on your journey to become a prosperous, peaceful and multi-ethnic democracy," he told reporters.

He underscored, though, the dangers of corruption — what he called "a cancer that eats at the fabric of every society where it exists. In short, it jeopardizes everything Kosovo hopes to achieve, hopes to become, hopes for its future."

The US Vice President has praised the independence of Kosovo during a political and personal visit to the Balkan country.

On a visit to Pristina, Joe Biden also pushed for ties to be mended with Belgrade.

“Your success is overwhelmingly in the interest of my country. Overwhelmingly,” Biden said. “For if you succeed, the region will succeed.”

Biden also urged Kosovo and Serbia to normalise relations, a condition for both countries to join the EU.

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Deputy leader of the Vetëvendosje movement, Dardan Sejdiu, wrote on his Facebook page that Kosovo has not used the U.S. support properly.

Vetëvendosje movement’s Secretary for media and communication, Frashër Krasniqi, spoke for Klan Kosova about the statements of the U.S. Vice-President, Joe Biden, made at the press conference after his meeting with the President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaçi. “We followed the press conference, it is interesting that Thaçi insisted more on demarcation and Association,” Krasniqi said.

The leader of the Vetëvendosje movement, Visar Ymeri, wrote on his Facebook page that the U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will be meeting criminals wearing presidential and governmental suits. “We hope that this meeting of the U.S. Vice-President Biden with these Kosovar criminals wearing presidential and governmental suits will be different from the others. Mr. Biden is arriving amidst the PRONTO 2 affair, to meet some of the main protagonists of Mafia in Kosovo,” Ymeri wrote.

U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden will visit Belgrade and Pristina at the beginning of next week, the White House announced on Tuesday.

During an August 15-17 tour of the Balkans, Biden will hold meetings with the president and the prime minister of Serbia and speak with the Kosovo authorities, Reuters has reported, quoting a White House statement.

The statement "did not say what subjects would be discussed," the agency noted.