7 hours agoFootball is leading Spain towards recognition of Kosovo independence
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)Finally, football appears to have increased pressure in Spain to recognise Kosovo's independence. The matches the Kosovo Nationalist has held with this EU state have been taken as an example and have been mentioned until even in Spain's parliament. Days ago, the deputy of the national Basque party Aator Esteban, who [...]
The matches the Kosovo Nationalist has held with this EU state have been taken as an example and have been mentioned until even in Spain's parliament.
Days ago, National Basque Party MP Aytor Esteban, who urged Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to recognise Kosovo's independence after Spain has already faced Kosovo in football.
And just as an independent state, Kosovo had travelled to Spain in March of this year to hold matches under the qualifications for the World “Catar 2022”.
Despite the campaign Spanish media campaigned against Kosovo, FFK President Agim Ademi had confirmed that Kosovo refuses to face Spain without respecting its symbols, and so did.
Eight months from this event, Spain appears to be making the historic turn to recognise Kosovo's independence, at least so it has written today “The Objektive” Spanish media. According to the latter, Pedro Sánchez's Government prepares a historic twist in Spain's stance on Kosovo with an announcement that would include the first de facto recognition of this Balkan territory since its independence from Serbia in 2008.
According to the same media, diplomatic sources ensure it may be opening a trade or cultural office in Kosovo's capital, but from the Bureau for Diplomatic Information have said these options are not on the table at the moment.
And State Secretary for the European Union Juan González-Barba made it clear this Friday in a collium of the Royal Elcano Institute on enlargement processes in the Balkans, that Spain wants to be “the most involved” in the region, and that this strategy would be lame if Kosovo continues to be ignored “so full of<3>, but also stated that the same would not recognise Kosovo diplomaticly since there is no bilateral agreement between Pristina and Belgrade.
González-Barba stressed that this Spanish decision “will be taken soon and will be declared”, hinting that the diplomatic step is imminent.
We remember Spain is one of five EU countries, along with Greece, Slovakia, Cyprus and Romania, which do not yet recognise Kosovo's independence.
