
Minister of Justice of Kosovo, Nekibe Kelmendi met today with the Justice Minister of Netherlands, Mr. Hirsch Ballin.
During the meeting they discussed about the processes through which Kosovo is going and the processes which Kosovo is expecting for the EU integration.
The conversation focused on the political situation in Kosovo, the rule of law, integration of Kosovo's institutions, international legal agreements, and liberalization of visa.
Important topic in this meeting was reforming of the judicial system, in which case the Minister Kelmendi announced its counterpart about the work that is performing in the Ministry of Justice in the reforming of the judicial system in Kosovo, where according to her "this reformation is expected to start very soon ".
“Reforming of the judicial system will begin very soon where this will preceded by the adoption of several laws," said Minister Kelmendi.
In this meeting it was discussed about the combating of organized crime and that Kosovo experience in fighting it, according to the Minister Kelmendi, “the support of Netherlands in fighting organized crime is necessary”.
“As a country we have our experiences but we can not integrate yet in the international organizations that deal with the combating of organized crime, thus support of the Netherlands is necessary in order to cooperate with all organizations in order to fight crime and to show that we state, that the judiciary has not begun after the war of 1999, but to show that it has a history of Delight ", said Minister Kelmendi.
On the other hand the Minister Hirsch Ballin has praised Minister Kelmendi on the progress that she made in the process of judicial reform and capacity building in the rule of law.
Minister Ballin spoke also about the Dutch government assistance provided in Kosovo
"We have our specialists who assist in the EULEX work and guide people in the Ministry of Justice in regard to the reform. Netherlands as a member of the EU is very interested in success of EULEX in capacity building for the rule of law ", said Minister Ballin.
Dutch Minister promised the commitment and the support of his state Netherlands in Kosovo's membership in as many international organizations as possible.
During the day the Minister of the Netherlands will visit the Detention Center and Women Correction Center Women in Lipjan.