{"id":31707,"date":"2022-02-17T18:49:05","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T17:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=31707"},"modified":"2022-02-17T18:49:05","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T17:49:05","slug":"blinken-kosovos-independence-is-irreversible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/blinken-kosovos-independence-is-irreversible\/","title":{"rendered":"Blinken: Kosovo\u2019s independence is irreversible"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>US Secretary of State Antony Blinken congratulated the citizens of Kosovo on the 14<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of statehood.<\/p>\n<p>In the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/kosovo-national-day-2\/\">press release published by the State Department<\/a>, Blinken wrote that \u201cKosovo\u2019s independence and sovereignty are irreversible and inviolable\u201d and that building democratic and inclusive institutions requires persistence.<\/p>\n<p>He reiterated the support of the United States in the dialogue with Serbia and said the process is the way to reach an inclusive agreement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs one of the world\u2019s youngest democracies, Kosovo and its citizens are rightly proud of the progress you have made during these 14 years.\u00a0 For our part, we are proud to support you in this effort\u201d, wrote Blinken.<\/p>\n<p>The Kosovo-Serbia Dialogue started in 2011, mediated by the European Union.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, said he\u2019s hopeful that one day Kosovo will have a seat among other states in European and Euro-Atlantic institutions.<\/p>\n<p>Kosovo proclaimed independence on 17 February 2008.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2022\/02\/17\/osmani-and-kurti-send-out-messages-of-hope-on-14th-independence-anniversary\/\">Osmani and Kurti pour out words of hope on 14th Independence anniversary<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/02\/17\/kosovo-celebrates-independence-day-14-years-since-it-earned-sovereignty\/\">Kosovo celebrates Independence Day, 14 years since it declared sovereignty<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US Secretary of State Antony Blinken congratulated the citizens of Kosovo on the 14th anniversary of statehood. In the press release published by the State Department, Blinken wrote that \u201cKosovo\u2019s independence and sovereignty are irreversible and inviolable\u201d and that building democratic and inclusive institutions requires persistence. He reiterated the support of the United States in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":31708,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[163],"tags":[650,603,649,300,151,490],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Blinken: Kosovo\u2019s independence is irreversible - 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\/blinken-kosovos-independence-is-irreversible\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Blinken: Kosovo\u2019s independence is irreversible - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"US Secretary of State Antony Blinken congratulated the citizens of Kosovo on the 14th anniversary of statehood. 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