The European Union Commissioner for Enlargement, Marta Kos, will be in Pristina today, where she will hold a meeting with Prime Minister Albin Kurti. After the meeting, the two will hold a joint press conference, scheduled to start at 10:45.
During the visit, Kos will also meet with the acting president, Albulena Haxhiu. The main topic of the talks is expected to be reforms within the framework of the European integration process, as well as the opportunities brought by the Growth Plan for the Western Balkans.
This is the Commissioner's first official visit to Kosovo since taking office in 2024. The visit takes place three weeks before new elections in Kosovo, which will be held on June 7.
The visit also comes just three days after her statement at the meeting of the Group of Friends of the Western Balkans in Bratislava, where she emphasized the close connection between European security and the Western Balkans region.
"If we do not integrate our neighborhood into the European Union in this, I call it, crazy geopolitical situation, where for the first time we have external destabilizing forces that would like to see us fail in the membership process, they could intervene and then use those countries against us, just as Russia is doing, for example, in Belarus, using migrants as a weapon against the EU," she said.
Marta Kos was scheduled to visit Kosovo on March 12, but the visit was canceled due to political developments in the country. This happened after Vjosa Osmani dissolved the parliament on March 6, following the lack of an agreement on the election of the president.
Kot marta kos dhe marta djath nuk e duan shqiperine as kosoven se kjo europe kurve i ndau trojet tona.vetem nje shtet ne bote do te na ndihmoje... eshte SHBA.mendoj qe shteti yne bashke me ameriken ta quaje sjelljen europiane ndaj shqiperise gjenocid.ti kerkoj demshperblim cfare i kane bere shqiperise deri sot qe po shkruaj.lere marta djath e marta gjize.