Teuta Rugova and Thaci's niece part of team to lobby for visas

Kosovo Assembly Speaker Kadri Veseli, accompanied by MPs from Parliamentary Groups from office and opposition, will travel on Thursday for official visit to Austria. While in Vienna, Chief Parliament Speaker Kadri Wessel will be hosted at a special meeting by Austria's Parliament Speaker Wolfgang Sobotka.

On this official visit to Austria, Wessel will be accompanied by a representative of each Parliamentary Group. From VV will be Glauk Konjufca, from PSD Aida Drdguti, from AAK Time Kadriu, from the Serbian List Adam Hodza and Fikrim Damka by KDTP.

Meanwhile, Wessel will also be accompanied by Evgen Thaci- Dragusha, Kosovo President Hashim Thaci's niece, as well as Teuta Rugova, who will travel on behalf of LDK

At a meeting with Austrian counterpart, Chief Parliamentary Veselini will discuss interstate co-operation and the country's European integration process, with particular emphasis on the visa liberalisation process.

During the official visit to Vienna, the Kosovo Assembly delegation will also hold meetings with the chairman of the Austrian-Kosovo Parliamentary Friendship Group, Carmen Yeitler-Cincelli, while expected at a meeting also by Austria's Parliamentary Commission for Foreign Affairs, as well as other meetings with Austrian state officials.

During the official visit to Austria, Parliament Speaker Kadri Veselin and Kosovo deputies will also participate in the Austria-Kosovo Economic Forum, which has organised Austrian Economic Oda in co-operation with the Kosovo Embassy in Vienna.

In this Economic Forum, where hundreds of Austrian and international businesses will participate, businesses from Kosovo will also be present, while Chief Parliamentary Veselini is expected to have an address on the potential Kosovo offers and will invite Austrian and international businesses to invest in Kosovo.