Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you very much.

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you very much for this question. Earlier I mentioned Russia's attempts to destabilize the region. This is done on so many levels and in all the countries there. First, they try to slow down or to make the reforms in the western Balkans fail. You mentioned the worst exampl

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you.

Foreign Affairs committee  Let's understand each other clearly. In 2013 we reached an agreement for the normalization of relations between Kosovo and Serbia. This was the first agreement. The first point of this agreement was to ask for the establishing of an association of municipalities with a Serb maj

Foreign Affairs committee  The role of women in Kosovo is not only about taking part in decision-making; it's also their role to lead in the Republic of Kosovo. There's always room to do more, but, for example, 30% of the members of the Kosovo parliament consists of women MPs. This is a required quota by l

Foreign Affairs committee  Kosovo is lucky; we have been fortunate. Since the first day—since the end of the war, in June 1999—there has been an international civilian and military presence there. From that moment, we started building independent institutions based on advice and suggestions, and learning f

Foreign Affairs committee  As I said, the story of Kosovo is a story of success, but this is a common joint achievement of Kosovo's international community. We are consolidated internally and also on the international stage. I also said that we don't only have partners and supporters; we also have oppone

Foreign Affairs committee  Those are two or three questions....

Foreign Affairs committee  Okay.

Foreign Affairs committee  Okay.

Foreign Affairs committee  You all know that the declaration of independence was done in a coordinated manner with the European Union and the United States, and was done at the very last moments with Russia as well. We were told, as leaders of Kosovo, to take upon us implementing fully the Ahtisaari pack

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Nault. I will continue in the Albanian language. Thank you very much for this extraordinary opportunity to be here among you today, members of the foreign affairs committee. It's an honour to meet all of you today and to discuss Kosovo and southeast E