The President of the Republic of Kosovo, Madam Atifete Jahjaga met in New York with the Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs at the United States Department of State, Mrs. Victoria Nuland to discuss the latest developments in Kosovo and the processes under way in the country.
President Jahjaga noted the efforts under way in Kosovo to form the country’s institutions, including the constitution of Kosovo’s assembly and the creation of the new government and emphasized that so far the institutional consolidation in Kosovo was tightly linked to legal interpretations of the Constitution of the Republic of Kosovo, which also proved Kosovo’s political and democratic maturity and the readiness of the political parties to solve contests through institutions mandated to make those rulings and to respect the verdicts of these independent institutions.
President Jahjaga underlined the importance that the resolution of the current political impasse to be found by the MPs of Kosovo’s assembly, who were vested with the authority of the vote of Kosovo’s citizens to move forward the important processes in Kosovo and to carry out responsibly the mission and the tasks that our country has taken upon itself.
President Jahjaga highlighted the start of the consultations with parliamentary political parties of the Republic of Kosovo and underlined that her role in this process as a factor of unity and a guarantor of the democratic functioning of the institutions to facilitate in finding the agreeable political formula that would pave the way to the formation of the institutions.
President Jahjaha said that Kosovo remains firm in its vision to continue to be a strong partner of the US in Southeastern Europe and is committed to move forward toward European integration and membership in EU and NATO.
Assistant Secretary Nuland assured President Jahjaga that she has the full support of the U.S. government in her efforts with Kosovo’s political party leaders to find a way forward on constituting the Assembly and government formation, in line with Kosovo’s Constitution and decisions of its Constitutional Court. The United States looks forward to a continued close relationship with a Kosovo committed to the rule of law, the Dialogue with Serbia, and a Euro-Atlantic future.