US Ambassador in Pristina Jeff Hovenier said on Thursday that the agreement on classified information he signed with Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti opens the door to sharing classified information.

“Pleased to sign the U.S.-Kosovo Agreement concerning Security Measures for the Protection of Classified Information. This agreement, long in the making, opens the door to further information sharing between our governments,” he wrote in a post on X (formerly Twitter).

“Concluding this agreement is important not only because it is the culmination of more than two years of coordination and negotiation, it also represents the United States’ strong commitment to continued security cooperation with Kosovo….The agreement advances Kosovo’s ability to protect its sovereignty and territorial integrity through information sharing with the United States,” the ambassador told the signing ceremony.

He said that the US remains firmly committed to Kosovo’s sovereignty and that the agreement “promotes our shared goal to successfully develop the Kosovo Security Force into a professional, NATO-operable, multi-ethnic, territorial defense force”.