(Jul. 25) – Mogherini has a full schedule for her visit to Kosovo, part of her mission in the Balkans, for summit meetings with major institutional offices in the country. After the meetings yesterday with the Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga, Prime Minister Hashim Tachi and Foreign Minister Enver Hoxjaj, Italy’s Foreign Affairs Minister visited this morning the headquarters of the multinational KFOR base in Film City, Pristina. There, the minister met with the commander, General Salvatore Farina, who gave a presentation on the current operational situation and the current state of security in Kosovo also in the light of the elections last June, and the meetings in Brussels between Pristina and Belgrade representatives. The KFOR commander stressed the importance of effective cooperation between NATO and international organizations operating in Kosovo, such as EULEX, the EU, OSCE, UNMIK, Kosovo’s security forces, and the central and local institutions for the maintenance of a peaceful and secure environment. Farina then thanked the Minister who, “with her visit confirmed the support of the country and its institutions to the Italian contingent in Kosovo and to all the men and women involved in these operations.”
