Former U.S. President Bill Clinton attended an unveiling ceremony of an statue of himself in Pristina on Sunday.

The 11-foot (3.5-meter) high statue, located on a main boulevard that also bears his name, portrays Clinton with his left arm raised and holding a briefcase bearing his name and the date when NATO started bombing Yugoslavia, on March 24, 1999.

Clinton's speech was interrupted several times by Kosovo Albanians wildly cheering his name and U.S.A., and waving U.S., Albanian and Kosovo flags.

"I am profoundly grateful that I had a chance to be a part of ending the horrible things that were happening to you 10 years ago giving you a chance to build a better future for yourself," Clinton told the crowd.

The crowd chanted Clinton's name when the former president started shaking hands with people along a boulevard named after him.

"I never expected ... anywhere someone will make such a big statue of me," Clinton said after his 3-meter (10 foot) statue was unveiled.

He urged Kosovars to build a multi-ethnic country with the minority Serbs and other minorities and said the United States would always help Kosovo's people.

"You have to build something good and we should help," he added.

Grateful Kosovo Albanians also named a central street in central Pristina after former U.S. president George W. Bush.