The President of the United States of America, Joe Biden, nominated seven diplomats who will serve in different countries of the world, among them the new ambassador for Kosovo.

The next US Ambassador to Kosovo has been nominated Jeff Hovenier.

The current US Ambassador to Kosovo, Philip Kosnett, wrote about this on Twitter.

“Congratulations to my colleague and friend Jeff Hovenier on his nomination as the next US Ambassador to Kosovo,” Kosnett wrote on Twitter.

His nomination must be confirmed by the US Senate.

In June 2018, the former President of Kosovo, Hashim Thaçi had decorated the diplomat Hovenier with the Presidential Jubilee Medal of the Tenth Anniversary of Independence.

“Your and the US support in all political processes has been decisive for the freedom and independence of Kosovo. We will be forever grateful “, Thaçi had said at that time.

While the American diplomat, Jeffrey Hovenier, had stated that the American position has always been in support of the freedom and independence of Kosovo.

“I will always be a friend of Kosovo,” Hovenier said.

The President of the United States of America, Joe Biden has nominated for a new ambassador of Kosovo, Jeffrey Hovenier.

The mayor of Prishtina, Shpend Ahmeti, wrote about this, saying that Hovenier, in addition to knowing the Balkans and Kosovo well, was also part of the Ahtisaari team during the negotiations.

According to him, the next US focus will be dialogue.

“Today, Biden has nominated Jeff Hovenier as US Ambassador to Kosovo. Hovenier, in addition to knowing the Balkans and Kosovo well, was also part of the Ahtisaari team during the negotiations. It means that the focus of the next US will be dialogue! “, Ahmeti wrote in a post on Twitter./Zeri

US Ambassador to Kosovo Philip Kosnett has announced that Jeff Hovenier has been nominated by President Joe Biden as the new Ambassador to Kosovo.

Through a Twitter post, Kosnetti congratulated Jeff Hovenier on his new post.

“Congratulations to my colleague and friend Jeff Hovenier on his nomination as the next US Ambassador to Kosovo,” Kosnetti wrote.

Who is the new US Ambassador to Kosovo?

Jeffrey M. Hovenier, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service with the rank of Consul, currently serves as Deputy Chief of Mission at the US Embassy in Ankara, Turkey, where he served as Charge d’Affaires from August 2018 to July 2019 Prior to that, he was Acting Head of Mission and Consul for Political Affairs at the US Embassy in Berlin, Germany. He also served on U.S. missions in Croatia, Greece, Panama, Paraguay, and Peru; in the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE); and the staff of the UN Special Envoy for the Status of Kosovo. His duties in Washington include serving as Director for Central and Southeast European Affairs at the National Security Council and at the State Department Bureau for European and Eurasian Affairs with responsibility for NATO and Central European Affairs. He holds a Master’s degree from Georgetown University and a Bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University. He speaks German, Greek, Croatian and Spanish. / Voice

Congratulations to my colleague and friend Jeff Hovenier on his nomination as the next U.S. Ambassador to Kosovo. https://t.co/zKbJa3YgmJ

— Ambassador Philip S. Kosnett (@USAmbKosovo) July 2, 2021