President Rama-Hajrizi and Judge Caka-Nimani on a several-day working visit to the US

The President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Kosovo, Mrs. Arta Rama-Hajrizi, and Judge of the Constitutional Court, Mrs. Gresa Caka-Nimani, are staying for a several-day working visit to Washington.

During the stay in the US capital, at the invitation of the US Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies and as part of the network of the European judges, President Rama-Hajrizi and Judge Caka-Nimani held meetings with the representatives of the US Department of Justice and State Department officials responsible for overseeing the rule of law and fighting of corruption in the countries of southeast and central Europe.

The delegation had separate meetings with Mr. Wes Mitchell, Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Euro-Asia at the State Department and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Europe, Mr. Matthew Palmer, on Wednesday, 14 November 2018. During the joint meetings, both senior US officials expressed to President Rama-Hajrizi and Judge Caka-Nimani their support for the independence of work of the Constitutional Court, confirming the important role that the Court has in the democratic development of Kosovo and in strengthening the rule of law in the country.

Following the agenda, President Rama-Hajrizi and Judge Caka-Nimani also met with Ms. Fiona Hill, Assistant to the US President and White House National Security Council Senior Director for European and Russian Affairs, on Wednesday, 14 November 2018. They also visited the Supreme Court of the United States, where they were received in a meeting by the judge of this Court, Mr. Samuel Alito.