President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, met today in Vatican the Secretary for Relations with States, Archbishop Richard Gallagher, and spoke of interfaith, ethnic, and political tolerance in Kosovo. “Kosovo enjoys good relations with all countries in the region and now, under the European Union’s facilitation, is in dialogue with Serbia in a process that is bound to lead to reconciliation of our people in the near future”, said Thaçi. He also spoke of the need for the Holy See to recognise Kosovo saying this would send a positive signal to all the people of Kosovo and the world.

Kosovo Assembly Speaker Kadri Veseli in a meeting with Vatican’s apostolic delegate Juliusz Janusz spoke about relations between Kosovo and the Holy See. Archbishop Janusz said the Holy See recognizes the new reality in Kosovo and supports positive progress. The issue of Kosovo’s membership in UNESCO was also discussed and Archbishop Janusz said the Holy See has welcomed the joint letter of Kosovo religious communities urging the Vatican to support UNESCO bid.