Kosovo’s President Hashim Thaçi told reporters in Pristina today that it is a great honour for Kosovo to welcome the U.S. Vice President Joe Biden. “20 years ago when we were faced with annihilation by Serbia, then-U.S. Senator Joe Biden, became our voice. An independent and sovereign country, Kosovo has now strengthened peace, stability and cooperation in the region. We have made important steps in the normalisation of relations with Serbia.

Kosovo Prime Minister, Isa Mustafa, met today in Pristina with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden. After the meeting, Mustafa wrote on his Facebook account that Biden’s visit will further strengthen the friendship and strategic partnership between Kosovo and the U.S.

Kosovo Assembly President, Kadri Veseli, welcomed today the Vice President of the United States of America, Joe Biden, and his family. “I welcomed our precious friend, the U.S. Vice President, Joe Biden, and his family, in the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo. The United States are a synonym of our freedom and independence. Forever,” Veseli wrote on his Facebook account.

On a busy road in Kosovo, brand new signs have been put up ahead of a visit by U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, showing the 35-km route in the southeast of the small Balkan nation that has been renamed after his late son Beau.

Naming streets after U.S. officials is becoming something of a tradition in Kosovo, whose population is mainly ethnic Albanian and which considers the United States its savior since 1999 NATO air strikes halted killings by Serbian troops.

US Vice President Joe Biden will be visiting Belgrade and Pristina for his final visit as Vice President from August 15 to 17 as a part of a Balkan tour aimed at boosting the two countries' frayed relations.

Former US ambassador to Serbia William Montgomery expects stability in the Balkans, the fight against terrorism and the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina among the main issues to be discussed during the upcoming visit of US Vice President Joseph Biden to Serbia.

"I expect that Biden would push for the further progress in terms of the Brussels Agreement," Montgomery said to Tanjug.

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.

Kosovo President Hashim Thaci is expected to pay an official visit to the United States during May this year. According to the news site, Thaci will meet the US Vice-President, Joe Biden. This will be Thaci’s first visit since becoming Kosovo President on 8 April 2016.

The Pristina-based TV station reports that the Vice President of the United States of America, Joseph Biden, will meet today at the White House with Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga. The US Embassy in Pristina confirmed that the meeting will take place today.