Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti met with several French public figures in Paris on Monday, discussing political, economic and security developments in Kosovo, as well as the September 16 verdict issued in The Hague.
The meeting took place ahead of the official opening of the Paris Peace Forum, which Kurti is attending during his visit to France.
According to the Prime Minister’s Office, former French Defence Minister Alain Richard took part in the meeting. Richard supported NATO’s 1999 intervention to stop war crimes and ethnic cleansing against Kosovo Albanians.
Also present was Gilles Pernet, a former senior official at the French Ministry of Defence and co-author of the book “Kosovo: Stories of State-Building”, written together with Sébastien Gricourt.
The meeting also brought together anthropologist and researcher Véronique Nahoum-Grappe, known for her studies on sexual violence during wars and conflicts. She has supported Kosovo since the 1990s and wrote the book “Kosovo: A Foretold Tragedy”.
Other participants included Frédérique Duversin, director of the Kosovo Cultural Centre in Paris, who has supported the promotion of Kosovo’s culture and artists, and Florence Hartmann, a 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.
During the meeting, Kurti said they also discussed the September 16 verdict and possible ways to challenge it through the appeals process.
“We discussed democratic progress and sustainable economic development, investments in security and defence, the unjust September 16 verdict and our efforts to challenge it on appeal,” Kurti said.
Furthermore, the Kosovo Prime Minister presented his government’s plans for the new mandate. He also stressed France’s importance in Kosovo’s Euro-Atlantic integration process.
According to the Prime Minister’s Office, the meeting provided an opportunity to discuss current developments in Kosovo and recognise the contribution of French public figures who have supported the country over the years.
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