Biden victory hope for Kosovo's NATO membership

Security Affairs Knower Nuredin Ibishi expects the new US president to continue supporting Kosovo.

He also expects Biden's support for Kosovo's NATO membership.

“Biden.. We have the spirit, we have strong arms. He has always been a friend of the Albanians. His statements are also known at the time of the bombing. He has remained consistent in the Kosovo issue and made us boast that he was chosen... We expect him to be a supporter even in future procedures that await us, whether in talks with Serbia, integration and normal what is very important, and NATO integration, which is a very special part of Kosovo, as we are actually living in a less convenient environment of risks and threats not only from Serbia but also Russia in the region”, he says.

Even political connoisseur Rasim Alija calls the victory of Joe Biden for president of the United States. According to him, there are a number of factors needed to build a cohesion in reports between Kosovo and the US to gain a more favourable approach to the country.

He orders caution, as according to him, the state of Kosovo should lobby further for strengthening relations with the US.

As he says he will not push ahead with many Kosovo agreement provisions Serbia reached at the time of Donald Trump's presidency.

“It is good news to win the US election by Joe Biden, in the sense that it is expected to have a slightly more active approach towards Kosovo, given Joe Biden's Kosovo relationship. However, this should not get us into the confort area, so that both the state of Kosovo and the Albanian-American community in America should not lobby further to reinforce these relations. Because it cannot be made guaranteed even the approach of Joe Biden”, he says.

The US's pro-active approach to Kosovo, according to Aliaj, does not include pushing ahead with points reached between Kosovo and Serbia at the time it was US President Donald Trump.

The “is expected to postpone several points of that agreement, especially some points that do not directly affect Kosovo and Serbia, as is the question of 5G and other things. But I don't think there will be a continuation of following the points of that agreement. I strongly believe that there will be a different approach to this administration, taking into account the” cabinet, he says.

Violet Hajoli from KDI estimates the Trump administration has been very active in the final process of Kosovo-Serbia dialogue.

It tells Kosovo that it is early to know what the approach of the new US administration will be to both dialogue and the final agreement between Kosovo and Serbia.

Kosovo continues to seek American support in the dialogue process and in its efforts to reach a final agreement with Serbia. This has been requested since the dialogue process began in 2011, fortunately so there has been a more active US dynamic and involvement this year and last year. There is an agreement the parties have signed with President Trump, and it is now expected to be seen what the administration's approach to this agreement will be, how the implementation of this agreement will continue and so on”, she says.

Importantly, it is that a final agreement between Kosovo and Serbia will need American attention in order to function and finalise with a legally binding agreement on both sides.

The important “is that a final agreement between Kosovo and Serbia will certainly need American attention in order to function and finalise with a legally binding agreement and guarantee normalisation of Kosovo- Serbia, but also advancing Kosovo towards international recognition and membership in organisations such as the UN, where the US also has a very important role”, it emphasises.

Joe Biden has been elected 46th president of the US after the 3 November elections, defeating his counterCandidate, at the same time incumbent President Donald Trump.