Prishtina, 27 April 2011
Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kosovo Edita Tahiri received in a meeting today the Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Kosovo, Mr. Jiri Dolezel, and discussed with him about strengthening of relations between the two countries and the Czech support for the Kosovo’s Euro-Atlantic integration processes and the ongoing technical dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia.
Deputy Prime Minister Tahiri thanked Ambassador Dolozel for the support that the Czech Republic has given Kosovo with an immediate recognition of its independence and for the very proactive role that this country is playing as a member of the European Union and acknowledged the good cooperation between the two countries, expressing in favor of further advancing cooperation in all fields of joint interests.
Further on, Deputy Prime Minister Tahiri also spoke about the vision of the Government for a modern and Euro-Atlantic Kosovo pointing out the overall progress made and the commitment to deepen democratic, economic and rule of law reforms.
In terms of foreign policy, Deputy Prime Minister Tahiri said that the engagement of the Government is focused on increasing the number of recognitions and on attaining Kosovo’s membership in the EU, NATO, UN and other international institutions, and called for support from the Czech Republic with regards to Kosovo’s European and Euro-Atlantic integration, especially about the visa liberalization, signing of contractual relations with the EU and acceleration of the process for attaining of the candidate status.
Speaking about the technical dialogue, Deputy Prime Minister Tahiri said that the Government of Kosovo is adopting a constructive approach to the dialogue based on the Constitution of the Republic of Kosovo and Euro-Atlantic principles.
On his part, Ambassador Dolezel said that the Czech Republic strongly supports the independent state of Kosovo and its people and that this support will continue in all areas, especially in terms of Kosovo’s integration in the Euro-Atlantic community. By assessing the engagement of Kosovo in regional cooperation, Ambassador Dolezel said that the Czech Republic supports the technical dialogue between the Republic of Kosovo and Serbia and acknowledged the serious engagement of the Government of Kosovo in this important process.
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