US President Biden touched by Kosovo medal for late son Beau

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By SYLEJMAN KLLOKOQI and LLAZAR SEMINI

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — U.S. President Joe Biden says he is touched by Kosovo’s awarding of a medal to his late son Beau, who was in the Balkan country 20 years ago to help establish the rule of law there as it became independent from Yugoslavia.

In a pre-recorded speech published Friday on Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani’s Facebook page, Biden said: “The nation of Kosovo is in the hearts of the entire Biden family.”

Osmani will host a ceremony Sunday to award a posthumous Presidential Medal on the Rule of Law to Beau Biden.

Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in 2008, a decade after a brutal 1998-1999 war between separatist ethnic Albanian rebels and Serb forces. The war ended after a 78-day NATO air campaign drove Serb troops out and a peacekeeping force moved in.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-europe-kosovo-5a6bbfa8ea9f05fa1c885eb8b011496f

[LetMyPeopleVote]

1. This is an appropriate award for Beau

[nuxvomica]

2. The article unfortunately doesn't say much about what Beau did

But this award sounds legit, not just a way to curry favor with the U.S. President. Here's more on Beau's efforts when they named a street after him.

Beau Biden worked in Kosovo after the 1998-99 war ended, helping train local prosecutors and judges for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-kosovo-biden-street/we-owe-you-so-much-kosovo-to-tell-biden-as-street-named-after-late-son-idUSKCN10Q17X