President Vjosa Osmani has said that Kosovo has the full support of the Trump Administration. The president, speaking about her absence from the inauguration ceremony of US President Donald Trump, said that she acted like many world leaders who have had an invitation, but have authorized a lower level of representation. However, she said that she had the opportunity to speak earlier with the newly elected US President, Donald Trump, at the Paris Summit, where, according to her, she had a substantive conversation about Kosovo.
In addition, Osmani said that she has held numerous meetings with Republican representatives for over a year. Based on these, according to her, Kosovo will have strong support during the Trump Administration.
“I had the opportunity to personally congratulate President Trump during his visit to Paris. Not only to congratulate him, but also to have a substantive conversation with him, regarding the security situation in Kosovo and our region, and the dangers that threaten this region. I expressed full confidence in his leadership to maintain peace and security in Kosovo and beyond. I am extremely pleased and very optimistic after the conversation I had with the president. It has been more than a year since I have continued having numerous meetings with representatives of the Republican party, many of the contacts are ones that I have had before, but also those that have been established now for the first time. Based on all these contacts, I say with full confidence that Kosovo has strong support from this administration and from the Republican Party in general”, said president Osmani.
Osmani explained in detail why she was not at yesterday’s inauguration ceremony of President Trump. She added that a delegation from her office, led by Kosovo’s ambassador to the US, Ilir Dugolli, is representing Kosovo at the inauguration of the American president.
“I was invited to this ceremony by members of Congress and members of the Senate. Since the vast majority of countries, as far as state leaders are concerned, are represented by ambassadors, we too have implemented the same protocol model. I have sent a presidential delegation led by the chief of staff and the foreign policy advisor, who, accompanied by Ambassador Ilir Dugolli, have participated in all the inaugural activities, many of which are still ongoing, including the meetings of the team that I have delegated. As soon as their meetings and visits are concluded, we will issue a statement in which we will inform the public about all these meetings”, said Osmani.
Osmani was also asked about the political statements during the election campaign, but she refused to comment on them.
“We are not here today for campaign issues. In fact, as a presidency, we never deal with campaign issues,” said president Osmani.
Donald Trump officially took office yesterday as the 47th president of the United States of America. Osmani made these comments after the memorial ceremony in honor of the 19th anniversary of the death of former president Ibrahim Rugova./
