Good news! The report on Kosovo's membership in the Council of Europe is approved

2024-03-27 16:58:09Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX

Good news! The report on Kosovo's membership in the Council of Europe is

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Diaspora in Kosovo, Kreshnik Ahmeti, has announced that the report of the rapporteur for Kosovo in the Council of Europe, Dora Bakoyannis, on Kosovo's membership in this organization, has been approved in the Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.

"Kosovo successfully passes the vote in the Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of Kosovo. The opinion of rapporteur Bakoyannis has just been approved in the Committee for Political Affairs and Democracy of the Council of Europe", wrote Ahmeti on Facebook.

According to Ahmet, this opinion recommends Kosovo's membership in the Council of Europe without any additional preconditions.

"None of the commitments that Kosovo must take on are required to be fulfilled before membership. Even in point 11 it is clearly stated that the pledge must be addressed after membership", he emphasizes.

The Deputy Minister of the MFA of Kosovo has announced that all proposals to set new preconditions have been rejected by the majority of the Committee members, which, according to him, shows that Kosovo "must become a member in May of this year and the preconditions of the new ones would be unfair".

"Furthermore, the opinion requires the removal of the footnote from the denomination of Kosovo, which has been used since 2008 in every report and communication on and with Kosovo. Also, it is recommended that Kosovo be invited as a state, according to Article 4 of the Statute of the Council of Europe, and not as a country, according to Article 5".


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