TIRANA, May 23 /ATA/- During his visit to the United States of America, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, was invited as a speaker at the World Affairs Forum.
Institutional stability and democratic governance in the Republic of Kosovo were brought to attention by Prime Minister in his speech. He singled out Kosovo’s first position in terms of rule of law in the Balkans according to the World Justice Project, its jump up 17 places in the fight against corruption according to Transparency International and up 17 places in media freedom according to Reporters beyond Borders.
As an inevitable ally and friend, we need the help of the United States to join NATO’s Partnership for Peace Program, until we become a full member of NATO, said Prime Minister Kurti, while emphasizing the increase of defense budget by 52 percent.
He underlined the positive economic indicators, the impressive double-digit economic growth, as well as the work towards the establishment of the Commercial Court in Kosovo.
Speaking about the potential that Kosovo has in the field of information technology, Prime Minister Kurti said that in Silicon Valley he met many entrepreneurs, to whom he explained that Kosovo is conducive to investment.
The Prime Minister invited American as well as Albanian-American businessmen to invest in Kosovo, for profitable enterprises for them and even more rapid socio-economic development for the Republic of Kosovo.
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