{"id":34969,"date":"2022-04-25T09:30:07","date_gmt":"2022-04-25T07:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=34969"},"modified":"2022-04-25T09:30:20","modified_gmt":"2022-04-25T07:30:20","slug":"us-diplomat-begins-tour-around-the-balkans-this-week-first-stop-kosovo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/us-diplomat-begins-tour-around-the-balkans-this-week-first-stop-kosovo\/","title":{"rendered":"US diplomat begins tour around the Balkans, first stop Kosovo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Assistant Secretary of\u00a0State\u00a0for European and Eurasian Affairs Karen Donfried will begin on Monday a tour around the Western Balkans.<\/p>\n<p>Donfried\u2019s first stop will be Kosovo, where she will with the country\u2019s heads of state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn April 25, she will thank Kosovo for providing refuge to Afghans and Ukrainians, encourage work on reforms for democratic consolidation and integration into European and Euro-Atlantic institutions, and review prospects for progress in the U.S.-supported, EU-facilitated Dialogue with Serbia toward an agreement on normalized relations centered on mutual recognition\u201d, read a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/assistant-secretary-donfrieds-travel-to-the-western-balkans\/\">press release<\/a><\/strong> from the spokesperson of the State Department.<\/p>\n<p>Then, the senior US official will travel to Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Albania, and Montenegro.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2022\/04\/22\/osmani-russia-serbia-a-threat-for-the-region\/\">Osmani: Russia, Serbia a threat to the region<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/04\/22\/us-must-stop-its-ambassador-from-intervening-in-the-judiciary-berisha-says\/\">US must stop its ambassador from interfering in the judiciary, Berisha says<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Assistant Secretary of\u00a0State\u00a0for European and Eurasian Affairs Karen Donfried will begin on Monday a tour around the Western Balkans. 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