{"id":80397,"date":"2026-02-17T08:53:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T08:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/?p=80397"},"modified":"2026-02-17T09:19:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T09:19:06","slug":"rubio-congratulates-kosovo-on-the-18th-anniversary-of-independence-reconfirms-u-s-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/rubio-congratulates-kosovo-on-the-18th-anniversary-of-independence-reconfirms-u-s-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Rubio congratulates Kosovo on the 18th anniversary of Independence, reconfirms U.S. support"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>U.S. Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, congratulated the people of Kosovo on the occasion of the 18th anniversary of Independence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cThe United States remains unwavering in its support for Kosovo\u2019s sovereignty and territorial integrity, and we look forward to expanding the economic ties that will enhance the prosperity of both our nations,\u201d <\/em>reads Secretary Rubio\u2019s congratulatory message, published by the U.S. Department of State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rubio also appreciated Kosovo\u2019s support in U.S. efforts to address global challenges and, as he added, welcomed its leadership as a Founding Member of the Peace Board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cAs Kosovo marks this important anniversary, we look forward to even stronger cooperation in the years ahead. The United States stands with Kosovo as it continues to build a secure and prosperous future,\u201d<\/em> the U.S. Secretary of State\u2019s message stated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, congratulated the people of Kosovo on the occasion of the 18th anniversary of Independence. \u201cThe United States remains unwavering in its support for Kosovo\u2019s sovereignty and territorial integrity, and we look forward to expanding the economic ties that will enhance the prosperity of both our nations,\u201d reads Secretary Rubio\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":80398,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[296],"tags":[1454,343,6727,378],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80397"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80397"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80399,"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80397\/revisions\/80399"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kosovapress.com\/eng\/admin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}