10 minutes agoAmerican official: The possibility of joining the EU depends on Kosovo Government, should make solution
Periskopi(2 years ago)
(2 years ago)The special envoy and co-ordinator of the James Rubin State Department's Centre for Global Accession, has stated there are concerns about how the Kosovo government is playing its role in diplomatic terms, failing to meet the requirement for establishing association. He said he doesn't see Russia and China [...]
He said he does not see Russia and China extending influence in Kosovo, adding that the people of Kosovo have made very big progress.
I was there during his days and darkest chapters. I have seen its development from a war zone of destroyed cities in a country that now looks like any other modern European city. I don't care what values the people of Kosovo will define, for the democratic values of America, or for authoritarian states that want to change the international system. No competition. The people of Kosovo are pro-American. ”
Rubin eventually called on to understand the progress that has been made and that the possibility of joining the EU depends on the Kosovo government, which he says expects them to make the choice.
“It is often difficult to appreciate the great progress that has been noted when diplomacy is blocked. I call on the people of Kosovo to understand how far it has progressed in these 25 years from a period when people's lives were at risk in a period of basic freedoms, with functioning democracies, economies that are marking improvement and real opportunity to join the EU that depends on them, on their own government, that can now choose their own destiny. As an American official, we'll make sure they're able to decide for themselves. But they have to make the choice and we hope they do.He told Ruby about the Voice of America.
