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History. On 18 February 2008, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Ángel Moratinos said that Spain would not recognise Kosovo because the declaration of independence did not respect international law. He also said that the independence of Kosovo would only be legal if it was the result of agreement by all sides involved or if there had been a UNSC ...
International governments are divided on the issue of recognition of the independence of Kosovo from Serbia, which was declared in 2008. [1] [2] The Government of Serbia does not diplomatically recognise Kosovo as a sovereign state, [3] although the two countries have enjoyed normalised economic relations since 2020 and have agreed not to try to interfere with the other's accession to the ...
The 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, which proclaimed the Republic of Kosovo to be a state independent from Serbia, was adopted at a meeting held on 17 February 2008 by 109 out of the 120 members of the Assembly of Kosovo, including the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Hashim Thaçi, and by the President of Kosovo, Fatmir Sejdiu (who was not a member of the Assembly). [1]
Kosovo's president called on Thursday for Spain - the biggest EU state to withhold recognition of Kosovo's independence - to join other countries backing measures to punish Serbia over a deadly ...
The Republican Left of Catalonia has proposed in Congress that Spain should recognise Kosovo as an independent country. They stated that the "International Court of Justice, by declaring the legality and legitimacy of the unilateral declaration of Kosovo, has dismantled the Spanish Government's argument to oppose" the independence of Kosovo.
Accordance with International Law of the Unilateral Declaration of Independence in Respect of Kosovo was a request in 2008 for an advisory opinion referred to the International Court of Justice by the United Nations General Assembly regarding the 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence. The territory of Kosovo is the subject of a dispute ...
This, for instance, became one of NATO's strategies during its temporary administration of Kosovo to pacify the area and establish a path toward long-term peace. [2] One of the measures that Kosovo has taken in response to its history of human rights abuses was the creation of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. This agency is mandated to ...
Kosovo is currently recognized by the EU as a potential candidate for accession. [1] Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia was enacted on 17 February 2008 by a vote of members of the Assembly of Kosovo. [2][3] Independence has not been recognised by Serbia, or five out of 27 EU member states, and as a result the European Union itself ...