After visiting Kosovo and BiH, Rutte goes to the White House for meeting with Trump

Secretary - General NATO, Mark Rutte today will stay at the White House in Washington.

There, US President Donald Trump will meet senior official of the North Atlantic Alliance.

This visit to Rutte comes two days after his stay in Kosovo, where he had been divided with the country's president, Vjosa Osmani, as well as the country's prime minister, Albin Kurti.

Among other things, Rutte in Pristina assured that the United States, and President Donald Trump, remain committed to KFOR and NATO.

He previously stayed in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where he had meetings with senior officials there.

A day earlier, the North Atlantic Alliance has made a summary of its chief Mark Rutte's visits to the Balkans.

In NATO's announcement it was said during his visit, Rutte stressed that “NATO remains strongly committed to the stability of this region and to the sovereignty, territorial integrity and security of Bosnia and Herzegovina”.

Also in the announcement, details were made about the visit to Pristina of the chief of the largest military organisation in the world.

In the Kosovo capital, the secretary-general led a visit by the Atlantic Council and contributing troop partners to the NATO-led KFOR mission and NATO's Consulting and Interconnecting Team.

. “NATO will continue to play its role, in close co-ordination with the Kosovo Police and the EU's Mission for Law Rule in Kosovo, in our respective roles as security responseors”, he added.

The resolution that leads to long-term peace is political; NATO will continue to fully support the normalisation of relations between Belgrade and Pristina, led by the European Union; this is the only way to resolve pending issues and ensure a stable future, ensuring that the rights of all communities are respected and protected; to advance dialogue, both sides must show flexibility, make necessary compromises and focus on long-term benefits”, he stressed, he announced. NATO.