New government elected in Pristina, Kurti is prime minister

The Pristina parliament has voted to elect a coalition government made up of the Self-Determination Movement and the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK). The government is led by Self-Determination leader Albin Kurti and was elected four months after early parliamentary elections in Kosovo and Metohija.

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Deputy Prime Ministers will be Avdulah Hoti of the LDK and Haki Abazi of Self-Determination.

The proposed ministers have been sworn in.

Albin Kurti - Photo: Tanjug/AP

The new ministers from the LDK will be Anton Cuni, Minister of Defense, Lumir Abixhhiku, Minister of Infrastructure, Besian Mustafa, Minister of Agriculture, Hikmete Bajrami, Minister of Education, Agim Veli, Minister of Interior, Vlora Dumoshi Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports.

The Self-Determination Movement will also have six ministers: the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been taken over by Glauk Konjufac, the Ministry of Justice by Albubulen Haxhiu, the Ministry of Finance by Besnik Bislim, the Ministry of Economy by Rozeta Hajdari, the Ministry of Health by Arben Vitija, the Ministry of European Integration by Blirim Reka, and the Minister of Administration by Emilia Rexhepi.

Photo: Tanjug/AP

New ministers from the ranks of the Serb List are Dalibor Jevtic, Minister of Return and Communities, and Ivan Milojevic, Minister of Regional Development.

86 deputies voted to elect Kurti's cabinet while 10 abstained, said Gazeta Express.

Serb List MPs did not vote for the new government.

Earlier on Monday, introducing his program, Kurti announced that he was fully prepared to engage in dialogue with Belgrade.

(Telegraf.rs/RTS/Tanjug)