a minute agoUS backs Kosovo's membership in Partnership for Peace
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(4 years ago)The United States of America supports Kosovo's membership in NATO's Partnership for Peace programme, though reminded that reconciliation of all 30 Alliance member states is required for such a decision. US support for Kosovo and its aspirations in this direction has expressed the US mission's spokesman in [...]
US support for Kosovo and its aspirations in this direction has expressed US mission spokesman to NATO Jeffrey Adler.
The United States supports Kosovo's membership in European and Euro-Atlantic institutions, including in NATO's Partnership for Peace”, Adler said through a written response to Radio Free Europe.
Jeffrey Adler also recalled that “all Alliance decisions, including for the Partnership for Peace, deal with consensus”.
Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti has warned that Kosovo will seek to become part of the Partnership for Peace programme.
Out of 30 NATO member states, Kosovo as an independent state has recognised 27 of them, while four (Greece, Romania, Slovakia and Spain) have not yet recognised Kosovo's independence.
That non-recognition by the four member states could be a political obstacle to Kosovo's membership in the Partnership for Peace, a source from NATO has said last week, also recalling the principle of adopting decisions with the consensus of all member states.
The Kosovo government has said it has only formed a working group for Partnership for Peace membership.
Partnership for Peace is a programme of NATO, aimed at building confidence between NATO member states and other states in Europe.
