The United States supports Kosovo’s membership in NATO’s Partnership for Peace program, although it recalled that such a decision requires the consent of all 30 member countries of the Alliance.

US support for Kosovo and its aspirations in this regard has been expressed by the spokesperson of the US mission to NATO, Jeffrey Adler.

“The United States supports Kosovo’s membership in European and Euro-Atlantic institutions, including NATO’s Partnership for Peace,” Adler said in a written response to Radio Free Europe.

Jeffrey Adler also recalled that “all decisions of the Alliance, including the Partnership for Peace, are taken by consensus.”

The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, has warned that Kosovo will seek to become part of the Partnership for Peace program.

Out of 30 NATO member states, 27 of them have recognized Kosovo as an independent state, while four (Greece, Romania, Slovakia and Spain) have not yet recognized Kosovo’s independence.

A non-recognition by the four member states could be a political obstacle to Kosovo’s membership in the Partnership for Peace, a NATO source said last week, also recalling the principle of adopting decisions by consensus of all member states.

The Government of Kosovo has said that it has already formed a working group for membership in the Partnership for Peace.

Partnership for Peace is a NATO program, which aims to build trust between NATO member states and other countries in Europe.