The Republic of Kosovo and the Kingdom of Sweden  have had and continue to have good inter-state cooperation, it was said at a meeting held today between the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice, Professor. Dr. Kuçi with the Minister of Justice of the Kingdom of Sweden, Beatrice Ask.

In this meeting, the two interlocutors after having talked about the developments in the field of justice in both countries, they also discussed the possibility of enhancing cooperation in this field with the aim of sharing interstate experiences.

Minister Kuçi said that the Government of Kosovo is committed to fighting negative phenomena which undermine law and order, whereas asked his homologue the support of the Swedish state on reforming the justice system, through human capacity building and training of judges and prosecutors.

On her side, Minister Ask has evaluated the Kosovo progress achieved after the declaration of the independence and has promised to continue the Swedish lobbying for the recognition of Kosovo.

At this meeting it has also been discussed the possibility of reaching an agreement on international judicial cooperation in criminal matters, between Kosovo and Sweden.