{"id":25562,"date":"2021-11-19T09:37:48","date_gmt":"2021-11-19T08:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=25562"},"modified":"2021-11-19T11:07:09","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T10:07:09","slug":"us-senate-confirms-hovenier-as-new-ambassador-to-kosovo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/us-senate-confirms-hovenier-as-new-ambassador-to-kosovo\/","title":{"rendered":"US Senate confirms Hovenier as new Ambassador to Kosovo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jeffrey Hovenier is set to become the new Ambassador of the United States to Kosovo.<\/p>\n<p>His appointment was confirmed by the US Senate.<\/p>\n<p>The career diplomat was nominated by President Joe Biden back in July.<\/p>\n<p>Hovenier has extensive experience in the Western Balkans region, including Kosovo, as he was part of the U.S. delegation to the 1999 Kosovo Peace Talks, as well as on the staff of the UN Special Envoy for Kosovo Status.<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, former president Hashim Tha\u00e7i awarded him the Presidential Jubilee Medal\u00a0on the 10ath anniversary of the independence of Kosovo for \u201chis contribution toward the freedom and independence of Kosovo\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will always be a friend to Kosovo\u201d, said Hovenier at the time.<\/p>\n<p>A few days ago, the US Ambassador to Kosovo declared that the region will remain blocked if Kosovo and Serbia don\u2019t normalize ties.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2021\/11\/09\/serbia-is-exploiting-the-dialogue-it-wants-to-destabilize-the-region-says-president-osmani\/\">Serbia is exploiting the dialogue, it wants to destabilize the region, says President Osmani<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2021\/11\/07\/for-it-to-be-a-free-and-open-balkan-serbia-will-need-to-change-first-said-kurti\/\">For it to be an Open Balkan, Serbia will need to change first, said Kurti<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2021\/10\/27\/new-us-military-base-in-kosovo-would-bring-stability-to-the-balkans-expert-says\/\">\u201cNew US military base in Kosovo would bring stability to the Balkans\u201d, expert says<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeffrey Hovenier is set to become the new Ambassador of the United States to Kosovo. His appointment was confirmed by the US Senate. The career diplomat was nominated by President Joe Biden back in July. Hovenier has extensive experience in the Western Balkans region, including Kosovo, as he was part of the U.S. delegation to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":25563,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[163],"tags":[150,151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>US Senate confirms Hovenier as new Ambassador to Kosovo - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/us-senate-confirms-hovenier-as-new-ambassador-to-kosovo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"US Senate confirms Hovenier as new Ambassador to Kosovo - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Jeffrey Hovenier is set to become the new Ambassador of the United States to Kosovo. 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