Kryeministri i Kosovës, Albin Kurti, është takuar në Paris me personalitete franceze që kanë kontribuuar në forma të ndryshme për Kosovën, me të cilët ka diskutuar për zhvillimet politike, ekonomike dhe të sigurisë, si dhe për aktgjykimin e 16 shtatorit në Hagë.
The meeting took place on Monday, before the official launch of the Paris Peace Forum, where Kurti is visiting.
According to a statement from the Prime Minister's Office, the meeting was attended by former French Defense Minister Alain Richard, who had supported NATO's intervention in 1999 to stop war crimes and ethnic cleansing against Kosovo Albanians.
Pjesëmarrës ishte edhe Gilles Pernet, ish-zyrtar i lartë në Ministrinë franceze të Mbrojtjes dhe bashkautor i librit “Kosovo: récits sur la construction d’un État”, së bashku me Sébastien Gricourt.
The meeting was also attended by anthropologist and researcher Véronique Nahoum-Grappe, known for her research on sexual violence during wars and conflicts. She has been involved in Kosovo since the 90s and is the author of the book “Kosovo: un drame annoncé”.
Also part of the meeting were Frédérique Duversin, director of the Kosovo Cultural Center in Paris, which has supported the promotion of Kosovar culture and artists, as well as Florence Hartmann, former journalist for the French newspaper Le Monde and former spokesperson for the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague.
Kurti announced that during the meeting, the September 16 verdict and the possibilities of challenging it in the appeal procedure were also discussed.
"We talked about democratic progress and sustainable and continuous economic development, about investments in security and defense, about the unjust verdict of September 16 and the commitment to correcting it on appeal," Kurti declared.
The Prime Minister also spoke about the government's plans during the new mandate, emphasizing the importance of France in Kosovo's Euro-Atlantic integration process.
Sipas Zyrës së Kryeministrit, takimi ishte rast për të diskutuar zhvillimet aktuale në Kosovë dhe për të vlerësuar kontributin e personaliteteve franceze që kanë mbështetur vendin ndër vite./KSP