{"id":33413,"date":"2022-03-24T22:39:39","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T21:39:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=33413"},"modified":"2022-03-24T22:39:39","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T21:39:39","slug":"pm-kurti-albania-needs-to-lobby-as-much-as-it-can-for-kosovo-to-join-nato","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/pm-kurti-albania-needs-to-lobby-as-much-as-it-can-for-kosovo-to-join-nato\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Kurti: Albania needs to lobby as much as it can for Kosovo to join NATO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Albin Kurti declared on Thursday that Croatia is the first country that he believes will lobby for Kosovo\u2019s bid in joining the EU and NATO.<\/p>\n<p>Kurti said during a television show that Albania too must lobby for the same cause as much as it can.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCroatia has always been an ally country, even in the times of the former Yugoslavia. The Prishtina-Zagreb connection served to balance out the domination of Belgrade\u201d, Kurti said.<\/p>\n<p>Kurti also hailed the help given by Croatia and Slovenia during the Serbian occupation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCroatia is the first country that we see in from North to West and is on both organizations that we aspire to join. We need to ask Albania, we hope that it has done the same, as it needs to advocate and lobby for Kosovo as much as it can\u201d, declared Kurti.<\/p>\n<p>Kosovo\u2019s executive chief added that it would be \u2018utterly irresponsible\u2019 not to ask to join NATO under the current context.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2022\/03\/24\/23-years-since-natos-intervention-in-kosovo\/\">23 years since NATO\u2019s intervention in Kosovo<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/balkans\/2022\/03\/18\/russia-warns-of-retaliation-if-bosnia-joins-nato\/\">Russia warns of retaliation if Bosnia joins NATO<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/balkans\/2022\/02\/28\/vucic-reacts-to-kosovos-request-to-speed-of-accession-to-nato\/\">Vucic reacts to Kosovo\u2019s request to speed up accession to NATO<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Albin Kurti declared on Thursday that Croatia is the first country that he believes will lobby for Kosovo\u2019s bid in joining the EU and NATO. 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