(ANSA) - PRISTINA, JUNE 4 - The new Kosovar Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti officially took office today at the helm of the new government, in the aftermath of the confidence vote he won yesterday in parliament. However, the outgoing premier Albin Kurti did not attend the handover ceremony, asking for new elections and strongly opposing the procedure followed by President Hashim Thaci, who chose the path of a new parliamentary majority, entrusting Hoti with the task of forming a new government. Hoti was vice-premier in the Kurti-led government, which had immediately dismissed him after his party's vote of no-confidence in parliament on March 25.

Yesterday, presenting the government program in parliament, the neo-premier Hoti mentioned three priorities of his political action: the resumption of dialogue with Belgrade, the fight against the pandemic, and the economic recovery. (ANSA)