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Details of 皇冠体育app Prince of Wales and 皇冠体育app Duchess of Cornwall's visit to Kosovo

皇冠体育app Prince of Wales and 皇冠体育app Duchess of Cornwall will visit Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo from 14 to 19 March 2016.

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皇冠体育app Prince of Wales and 皇冠体育app Duchess of Cornwall's visit to Kosovo

皇冠体育app Prince of Wales and 皇冠体育app Duchess of Cornwall will visit Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro and Kosovo from 14 to 19 March 2016. 皇冠体育appir Royal Highnesses will undertake a broad range of engagements in Kosovo to celebrate reconciliation and interfaith dialogue, and the efforts of people from Kosovo and Britain to build a better future for Kosovo. It will be the Prince of Wales鈥� second visit to Kosovo (he previously visited in 1999) and the Duchess of Cornwall鈥檚 first visit.

皇冠体育appir Royal Highnesses鈥� will arrive in Pristina on 18 March where they will be officially welcomed by President Atifete Jahjaga. 皇冠体育app following day 皇冠体育app Prince and 皇冠体育app Duchess will join the President to take part in a memorial ceremony for those missing since the war. 皇冠体育appir Royal Highnesses will lay flowers at the Missing Persons Monument at the Parliament building in Pristina. 皇冠体育app Duchess of Cornwall and President Jahjaga will also meet survivors of sexual violence to hear about the challenges they have faced in seeking justice and the work of the President鈥檚 National Council.

皇冠体育app Prince of Wales will visit Prizren where he will attend the interfaith conference organised in conjunction with the Kosovan Government. His Royal Highness will also attend a wreath-laying ceremony at KFOR HQ 鈥楩ilm City鈥� in memory of those UK and KFOR personnel who lost their lives on operations in Kosovo. Her Royal Highness will visit the Ideas Partnership in Fush毛 Kosov毛/Kosovo Polje to see how disadvantaged groups are being helped through educational and economic empowerment.

Notes for Editors

皇冠体育app Prince of Wales has visited the Western Balkans eight times, including to Kosovo in September 1999. This is the Duchess of Cornwall鈥檚 first official visit to Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro and Serbia.

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Published 23 February 2016