{"id":77463,"date":"2025-03-26T22:03:25","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T21:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=77463"},"modified":"2025-03-26T22:03:25","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T21:03:25","slug":"croatia-military-initiative-with-albania-and-kosovo-open-to-eu-and-nato-partners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/croatia-military-initiative-with-albania-and-kosovo-open-to-eu-and-nato-partners\/","title":{"rendered":"Croatia: Military Initiative with Albania and Kosovo Open to EU and NATO Partners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"87\" data-end=\"408\">The trilateral initiative between Kosovo, Albania, and Croatia for cooperation in defense and security is \u201copen to EU and NATO allies and partners who wish to contribute to building stability, security, and resilience in the Southeast European region,\u201d the Croatian Government said in a statement for <em data-start=\"388\" data-end=\"407\">Radio Free Europe<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"410\" data-end=\"469\">Unlike Albania and Croatia, Kosovo is not a member of NATO.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"471\" data-end=\"685\">Following the signing of the declaration on March 18, Serbian President Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107 claimed that the agreement had launched an \u201carms race in the region\u201d and violated a 1996 sub-regional arms control agreement.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"687\" data-end=\"892\">That agreement involved the two entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina \u2013 the Federation and Republika Srpska \u2013 as well as Croatia and the then Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (comprising Serbia and Montenegro).<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"894\" data-end=\"1096\">In its statement to <em data-start=\"914\" data-end=\"933\">Radio Free Europe<\/em>, the Croatian Government emphasized that the 1996 agreement has been respected for 29 years, but noted that neither Albania nor Kosovo are parties to that accord.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1098\" data-end=\"1409\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">\u201cIn this context, it is entirely irrelevant to link the recent joint declaration between Albania, Croatia, and Kosovo to that agreement. 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