{"id":1849,"date":"2017-03-31T16:55:10","date_gmt":"2017-03-31T16:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/?p=1849"},"modified":"2017-03-31T16:55:10","modified_gmt":"2017-03-31T16:55:10","slug":"us-officials-calls-on-kosovo-to-retract-law-on-creating-army","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/2017\/03\/31\/us-officials-calls-on-kosovo-to-retract-law-on-creating-army\/","title":{"rendered":"US OFFICIALS CALLS ON KOSOVO TO RETRACT LAW ON CREATING ARMY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/03\/Kosovo_Army_FSK-KSF_Kosovo_Security_Force.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1850\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/03\/Kosovo_Army_FSK-KSF_Kosovo_Security_Force-1024x609.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/03\/Kosovo_Army_FSK-KSF_Kosovo_Security_Force-1024x609.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/03\/Kosovo_Army_FSK-KSF_Kosovo_Security_Force-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/03\/Kosovo_Army_FSK-KSF_Kosovo_Security_Force-768x457.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/03\/Kosovo_Army_FSK-KSF_Kosovo_Security_Force-560x333.jpg 560w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/03\/Kosovo_Army_FSK-KSF_Kosovo_Security_Force-260x155.jpg 260w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/03\/Kosovo_Army_FSK-KSF_Kosovo_Security_Force-160x95.jpg 160w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2017\/03\/Kosovo_Army_FSK-KSF_Kosovo_Security_Force.jpg 1644w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sourced : Yahoo News<\/p>\n<p>A senior United States official called on Kosovo leaders Wednesday to retract a draft law on the transformation of its security force into a regular army and to continue consultations on the issue with the country&#8217;s ethnic minorities.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Hoyt Brian Yee urged the government in Pristina during a visit to Kosovo to &#8220;take the law off the table.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We would like the government to make a step back and take the law off the table,&#8221; Yee said in an interview with public broadcaster RTK.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, President Hashim Thaci sent a draft law to parliament seeking approval to form a regular army. Unlike constitutional amendments, the law does not require voting approval<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sourced : Yahoo News A senior United States official called on Kosovo leaders Wednesday to retract a draft law on the transformation of its security force into a regular army and to continue consultations on the issue with the country&#8217;s ethnic minorities. 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