The president-elect of the United States of America, Donald Trump, has appointed John Ratcliffe as the new director of the CIA, the man who is known for the great support he has given to the Kosovo issue. Ratcliffe served as director of national intelligence in the final months of Trump’s first term in the White House, leading US spy agencies through the COVID-19 pandemic as the US government fought “foreign services” that were meddling in the election. presidential election of 2020.
His selection must now be confirmed by the Senate – which is also controlled by Republicans.
KOHA in 2019 wrote about Ratcliffe’s strong ties with the Albanian community in the US and the support he has given to the Independence of Kosovo and the Albanian cause in the Balkans. In 2016, Ratcliffe participated in the Nationwide Economic Forum of the Albanian Diaspora, where he also gave a speech – organized by the Albanian-American network. The director who is expected to lead the American intelligence service has also had meetings with officials from Kosovo.