{"id":76454,"date":"2025-02-17T21:02:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T20:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=76454"},"modified":"2025-02-17T21:02:00","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T20:02:00","slug":"rama-supports-grenells-call-for-the-release-of-hashim-thaci","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/rama-supports-grenells-call-for-the-release-of-hashim-thaci\/","title":{"rendered":"Rama Supports Grenell\u2019s Call for the Release of Hashim Tha\u00e7i"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"68\" data-end=\"393\">Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has shared on the social media platform \u201cX\u201d a message from Richard Grenell, the U.S. Special Envoy for Special Missions, on the occasion of Kosovo\u2019s Independence Day. Rama endorsed Grenell\u2019s statements, which call for the release of former Kosovo President Hashim Tha\u00e7i.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"395\" data-end=\"527\">&#8220;Absolutely! And the longer this continues, the bigger the stain on the international justice system!&#8221; Rama wrote in his post.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"529\" data-end=\"583\">What Did Grenell Say About Kosovo and Tha\u00e7i?<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"584\" data-end=\"764\">American envoy Richard Grenell congratulated Kosovo on its 17th Independence Day, calling it a historic moment overshadowed by injustices against the state of Kosovo.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"766\" data-end=\"973\">In his message, Grenell emphasized that Hashim Tha\u00e7i, one of the key figures in Kosovo\u2019s declaration of independence, should be celebrating in Pristina rather than behind bars in The Hague.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"975\" data-end=\"1536\">&#8220;I wish all my friends in Kosovo a happy and safe celebration on their 17th Independence Day. However, this historic moment has been overshadowed by a grave injustice. The founding father of Kosovo\u2019s statehood, President Hashim Tha\u00e7i, should be celebrating today in Pristina \u2013 not behind bars in The Hague. Europeans have failed to act against this injustice for the past five years. And Kosovo\u2019s state institutions have failed to take the necessary legal steps to end this injustice \u2013 due to politics. This unjust imprisonment must end.&#8221; \u2013 Grenell wrote.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1538\" data-end=\"1783\" data-is-last-node=\"\">Hashim Tha\u00e7i, along with other former high-ranking officials of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), is being tried at the Special Chambers in The Hague for war crimes and crimes against humanity\u2014charges he has categorically denied.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has shared on the social media platform \u201cX\u201d a message from Richard Grenell, the U.S. Special Envoy for Special Missions, on the occasion of Kosovo\u2019s Independence Day. Rama endorsed Grenell\u2019s statements, which call for the release of former Kosovo President Hashim Tha\u00e7i. &#8220;Absolutely! 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