President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaci, met today the US Vice President Joe Biden for whom Thaci said was an “inspiration.” “The commitment of the United States and the personal dedication of Vice President Biden for peace in Kosovo, the region and beyond, remains permanent,” Thaci wrote on his Facebook account. He said he was convinced that the new US administration under Donald Trump would continue support to Kosovo.
President of the Commission for Missing Persons, Veljko Odalović says that the ZSO will be formed soon, if Biden's message was taken seriously in Pristina.
When asked when he expects establishment of the ZSO, Odalović said to the RTS "how Pristina works, this will last."
He says that the ZSO constitutes a "bone in the throat" to Pristina and "many others who have introduced Belgrade into a dialogue with the promise that ZSO will be formed."
Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic has said that removing the Serbian Constitution's preable has not been a topic of any of the talks in the EU.
The preamble defines Kosovo as an integral part of the Republic of Serbia.
Several media are covering United States Vice President Joe Biden's post on Facebook about his recent visit to Kosovo. Biden wrote: "In 2001 and 2002, my son Beau served our U.S. Department of Justice abroad by helping train judges and prosecutors in Kosovo as it began to overcome the war and war crimes committed there over the previous decades. And this week, my family and I had the honor to stand alongside the people of Kosovo as they named a highway between two of their great cities in Beau's honor. Beau had volunteered to be one of the U.S.
Kosovo’s Prime Minister, Isa Mustafa, reported at the Kosovo government meeting today on the visit by U.S. Vice President Joe Biden. Mustafa said Kosovo will continue to have the support of the U.S. but that it needs to fulfil its obligations. “We received clear messages that Kosovo is an ally of the U.S., but that this also depends on Kosovo meeting its obligations,” Mustafa said. He also said that the U.S. wants Kosovo to establish the Association/Community of Serb-majority municipalities.
Kosovo celebrated the contributions of Vice President Joe Biden’s late son, Beau, by dedicating a 22-mile national highway to the former Delaware attorney general.
The ruling coalition will have to secure by September 1 the necessary votes in parliament to ratify the border-demarcation deal with Montenegro. Opposition parties meanwhile have not changed their position on the matter. Political analysts in Pristina argue that the remaining period must be used to try and reach consensus.
US Vice President Joe Biden has given his backing to Kosovo joining the European Union (EU) and promised £1.7billion in aid. VP Biden and his wife Jill flew into Serbia and Kosovo in a bid to smooth over a border and immigration row bubbling away in the Balkans. And he said politicians in the capital Pristina will have to do more to help ensure the growing status of the Serbian community in Kosovo if they hope to enter the EU. Mr.
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has pledged that the United States will "stand by the people of Kosovo," adding that "if you succeed, the region will succeed."
Biden was speaking in the Kosovar capital, Pristina, on August 17 following meetings with Kosovo's President Hashim Thaci and Prime Minister Isa Mustafa.
Biden urged Kosovo to make every effort to implement an EU-brokered normalization agreement between Pristina and Belgrade, expressing the hope of welcoming "a democratic, multiethnic Kosovo" into the European family.
The U.S. Vice President Joe Biden during his official visit to Kosovo told a press conference on Wednesday that Kosovo must ratify the border-demarcation agreement with Montenegro and establish the Association/Community of Serb-majority municipalities. Otherwise, he said, Kosovo would lose the support of the US if it doesn’t fulfill these two agreements. “The agreement on border-demarcation with Montenegro is a fair deal and will have a positive impact on the region,” Biden said.