9 minutes agoThe meeting with CIA chief Kurt tells him what he said.
Periskopi(2 years ago)
(2 years ago)Prime Minister Albin Kurti has also announced to his account on the “X platform for the meeting he held yesterday with CIA Chief William Burns, who named him an important strategic meeting. Kurti has declared that Burns' visit to Kosovo testifies to ever closer co-operation between intelligence and security institutions [...]
Kurti has declared that Burns' visit to Kosovo testifies to ever closer co-operation between Kosovo's intelligence and security institutions and the Intelligence Community.
At this meeting, Kurti has said he has reconfirmed the commitment to promoting peace and security in the Western Balkans.
I thanked Director Burns for his continued support for Kosovo and reaffirmed our commitment to promote peace and security in the Western Balkans. These common goals are possible only through a genuine commitment to rule of law, democracy and human rights, on the part of all countries in the region”, Kurti has written.
For this meeting, he also announced on Facebook. The visit was named historical by Burns as brilliant diplomat.
We want to strengthen and expand further. The CIA Director's visit, brilliant diplomat William Burns, was a very good opportunity to negotiate a wide range of topics and deepen and advance our strategic co-operation, in the service of democratic and Euro-Atlantic peace and security in the region and beyond”, Kurti wrote.
Burns met with President Vjosa Osmani.
His visit to Kosovo comes after what was reportedly held in Belgrade and Bosnia.
For the visit to Serbia, no details have been made. It's not even confirmed yet.
Meanwhile, in Bosnia and Herzegovina on 20 August, Burns met with counterparts from the intelligence sector, with members of the presidency of this state and with the Bosnian Foreign Minister.
An American government official has declared for REL that the reason for the CIA chief's visit to Sarajevo was, among other things, due to the rhetoric and disturbing separatist actions of the pro-intensity president of the Republika Srpska entity, Milorad Dodik and the government of this entity.
Burns has been named as director of the US Central Intelligence Agency by President Joe Biden in January 2021.
Burns is a central figure in the administration of US President Joe Biden, as he is also a member of the White House's presidential cabinet. Earlier he was an ambassador to Russia.
