Kosovo aims to join NATO's Partnership for Peace program in 2023

Kosovo aims to become a member of the NATO alliance's Partnership for Peace program in 2023, its foreign minister said Friday.

Briefing parliament on the year almost finished and her ministry's goals for 2023, Donika Gervalla Schwarz voiced optimism about Kosovo's membership in the program, which is a prerequisite for NATO membership.

She added that the ministry's main focus is to work on five EU member states that have not yet recognized Kosovo’s independence: Spain, Slovakia, the Greek Cypriot administration, Romania, and Greece. All but the Greek Cypriot administration also belong to NATO.