July 18, 2008 5:45 PM
WASHINGTON, Jul 18, 2008 (Xinhua via COMTEX News Network) -- U.S. Secretary
of State Condoleezza Rice pledged on Friday to continue U.S. aid to Kosovo,
which unilaterally proclaimed independence from Serbia in February.
"The United States will continue to assist Kosovo as it builds its multiethnic
government and its democratic institutions," Rice told reporters after
talks with visiting Kosovo President Fatmir Sejdiu and Prime Minister Hashim
Thaci.
"More than 40 countries have recognized Kosovo, including over two-thirds
of the European Union and NATO, and a majority of UN Security Council members,"
Rice said with the two Kosovo leaders at presence.
Rice also named Tina Kaidanow, currently the U.S. charge d' affaires
in Pristina, as the first U.S. ambassador to Kosovo.
In March, U.S. President George W. Bush authorized supplying Kosovo
with weapons after Kosovo declared independence. Apart from that, Washington
recently pledged around 400 million U.S. dollars in aid for Kosovo.
Bush is due to meet Sejdiu and Thaci at the White House on Monday.
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