During this year applied for membership in the Council of Europe

So Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister Enver Hoxhaj stated yesterday that Kosovo has fulfilled all the criteria on this issue, writes the Voice newspaper today.

During reporting before the Parliamentary Commission for Foreign Affairs, Diaspore and Strategic Investment Hoxhaj announced that after the membership application it takes more than a year.

What can happen in 2018 is for us to submit membership application to the European Council, though membership is the process. Initially, we should create a situation of submitting our application to the EC.

If we send the application to the European Council, then we will be able to join at the end of 2019 or early 2020”, the site Hoxhaj.

He further said there is no more important priority than Kosovo membership in various international organisations.

The “is a first-hand project, and so far the Republic of Kosovo has managed to membership in 65-66 organisations in Europe and outside Europe. Kosovo's membership in the organisation is also expansion but also the exercise of sovereignty. The establishment of sovereignty is about the fact that when you are members you have the opportunity to vote on someone, but also because of the benefits that bring membership to the organisation”, he added.