PRISTINA, Sept 18 (Hina) - Great Britain's Defence Secretary Geoffrey Hoon on Wednesday visited Kosovo and met separately with UN civil administrator Michael Steiner and President Ibrahim Rugova.
PRISTINA, Sept 18 (Hina) - Great Britain's Defence Secretary
Geoffrey Hoon on Wednesday visited Kosovo and met separately with
UN civil administrator Michael Steiner and President Ibrahim
Rugova. #L#
Hoon told reporters he was satisfied with the progress achieved in
Kosovo over the last three post-war years.
He promised Rugova that the British government and the
international community would continue supporting Kosovo, as
evidenced also by the presence of British and KFOR troops in the
province.
President Rugova said he had told the British official that the
recognition of Kosovo's independence would step up political,
legislative, and economic processes in the region. A Kosovo
integrated into NATO and the European Union would be of wider
importance, Rugova said.
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