PRISTINA
\nKosovo has started accepting migrants that the United States wants to deport, under an accord with President Donald Trump\u2019s administration, Prime Minister Albin Kurti said.
\n\u201cWe are accepting those whom the United States does not want on its territory,\u201d Kurti said a television interview late Thursday, adding that one or two of the migrants had arrived in the Balkan state.
\nUnder the accord reached in June, Kosovo could accept up to 50 people, according to the Kurti government. The agreement was to last one year.
\nKosovo, one of Europe\u2019s poorest countries, wanted through the accord to express its \u201ceternal gratitude\u201d for US support since it broke away from Serbia in 2008, the government said at the time.
\nKurti came to power in February but his government has since fallen and a new election will be held on December 28.
\nThe United States has had harsh words for Kurti\u2019s party, accusing it of \u201cundermining the stability\u201d of Kosovo by preventing a Serbian political party from running in the December elections.
\nKosovo has also ratified an agreement with Denmark to host foreign prisoners convicted in the country, who will be able to serve sentences in a Kosovo prison.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PRISTINA Kosovo has started accepting migrants that the United States wants to deport, under an accord with President Donald Trump\u2019s administration, Prime Minister Albin Kurti said. \u201cWe are accepting those whom the United States does not want on its territory,\u201d Kurti said a television interview late Thursday, adding that one or two of the migrants […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":519725,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-519711","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n