OSCE Secretary General Schmid to visit Kosovo on 27 October
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 27 October 2021 – The OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid will visit Prishtinë/Priština today for meetings with representatives of institutions, the international community and the OSCE Mission in Kosovo. The visit will focus on the OSCE’s mandate to support strengthening the rule of law as well as respect for human and community rights.
In her first visit in this capacity, Secretary Schmid will meet with President Vjosa Osmani, Prime Minister Albin Kurti, President of the Assembly Glauk Konjufca, Minister for Communities and Returns Goran Rakić and Assembly caucus leaders.
She will proceed to Vushtrri/Vučitrn to visit the Kosovo Academy for Public Safety, the training centre for the Kosovo Police and other public safety agencies established with OSCE support since 1999. There she will meet the Academy’s leadership as well as cadets and trainees from different communities.
Secretary General Schmid will then join the Network of Roma, Ashkali, Egyptian Women’s Organizations for a roundtable with NGOs working on gender equality, violence against women and domestic violence, and women’s rights, to be held in Gračanica/Graqanicë, and conclude the programme with a meeting with prominent representatives of media and civil society.