US President Biden touched by Kosovo medal for late son Beau
Source: AP
By SYLEJMAN KLLOKOQI and LLAZAR SEMINI
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) U.S. President Joe Biden says he is touched by Kosovos awarding of a medal to his late son Beau, who was in the Balkan country 20 years ago to help establish the rule of law there as it became independent from Yugoslavia.
In a pre-recorded speech published Friday on Kosovo President Vjosa Osmanis Facebook page, Biden said: The nation of Kosovo is in the hearts of the entire Biden family.
Osmani will host a ceremony Sunday to award a posthumous Presidential Medal on the Rule of Law to Beau Biden.
Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in 2008, a decade after a brutal 1998-1999 war between separatist ethnic Albanian rebels and Serb forces. The war ended after a 78-day NATO air campaign drove Serb troops out and a peacekeeping force moved in.
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