{"id":81038,"date":"2025-10-29T17:37:49","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T16:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=81038"},"modified":"2025-10-29T17:37:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T16:37:49","slug":"syria-recognizes-kosovos-independence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/syria-recognizes-kosovos-independence\/","title":{"rendered":"Syria Recognizes Kosovo\u2019s Independence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">Syria has become the 120th country to recognize the independence of Kosovo, President Vjosa Osmani has announced.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201cWith the support of His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, today in Riyadh we reached an agreement through which the Syrian Arab Republic recognizes the Republic of Kosovo,\u201d Osmani wrote on Facebook.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">President Osmani expressed her gratitude to President Al Sharaa for the decision to recognize Kosovo and for his support toward the people of Kosovo. She also thanked the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia for making this historic act between the two states possible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201cThe people of Kosovo and those of Syria have suffered and sacrificed greatly to achieve freedom. This mutual recognition today is not only an acknowledgment of state sovereignty, but also of the sacrifices made by generations to live free. Kosovo is now recognized by 120 countries. Our Republic is moving forward, and nothing can stop it,\u201d Osmani stated.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Syria has become the 120th country to recognize the independence of Kosovo, President Vjosa Osmani has announced. \u201cWith the support of His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, today in Riyadh we reached an agreement through which the Syrian Arab Republic recognizes the Republic of Kosovo,\u201d Osmani wrote [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":81039,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[163,1803],"tags":[150,243,151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Syria Recognizes Kosovo\u2019s Independence - 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\/syria-recognizes-kosovos-independence\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Syria Recognizes Kosovo\u2019s Independence - 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