5 minutes agoThe impact on the monastery: Did America change its attitude after what Kurt said? Here's what they tell Periscope from the Embassy.
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)Finally, Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti has indicated he has not changed his stance on the land issue at the Decani Monastery, despite the demand made by the Quint Embassy. Periscopi has contacted the US Embassy in Pristina to understand their reaction after the prime minister's words. America, France, Germany, [...]
America, France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom through diplomatic missions on November 30th urged Kosovo to implement fully the registration of the Decani Monastery's land, in accordance with the Constitutional Court's ruling.
“The functions of France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and the United States of America remain concerned that despite continued promotion by the international community and Kosovo's own judiciary, Kosovo institutions have not yet fully implemented the legal land registration of the Decani Monastery in line with the Constitutional Court's decision of 2016”, it is said in their joint statement.
Prime Minister Kurti, meanwhile, has voiced on this issue as follows: our “position [in] the Decani Monastery is already known, we have made it known even earlier,”
Periscope has sent questions to the US Embassy in Pristina, after this development to see if our ally country's stance on the matter has changed.
Beyond what they said to Periscope, non-publicly, the US Embassy has stated as follows: “we have no further answer beyond what we've distributed/published, including Quinn's statement last week” /Periscope
