Membership in International Organisations, MPJ urged to launch lobeing

The 1-year-old Moratorium ends in September this year, which also enables Kosovo since this month to apply to become part of international mechanisms.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MPJ) has been unable to show whether to start preparations for application in international organisations.

International law recognition appeals to the country's institutions to start the lobby process as soon as possible, so that Kosovo before the new year is included in any of the international mechanisms, as 1-year-old mortorium on the issue ends in September.

University professor Africa Hoti says that a series of actions and activities must be taken before making the final decision, which should convince states to support Kosovo to be part of international mechanisms.

“A responsible government, a state that really has an international membership agenda would have to take these decisions and I think we absolutely don't have time, maybe we're late because this doesn't start with a certain date, it's an almost permanent process of keeping contact and establishing beliefs that states have to support Kosovo to be part of different international mechanisms... I think we don't have time to lose, we need to start as quickly as possible to start lonering in the hope that after the transition of the treatment we have any concrete application before the year we get a new membership, he says.

Arber Fetah from the Group for Jury and Political Studies (GLSP) says Kosovo should not make past mistakes, but should apply to organisations where it knows there is support.

According to him, there are a series of organisations where Kosovo can apply, which is better likely for membership.

The World Health Organization, where voting and Allied support can bring an admission.

Before applying for any membership, Kosovo must not make past mistakes, do not make past mistakes, must not apply to organisations where it knows there is no vote, where it knows there is no support, and where it knows there is no support from its allies for membership in those organisations. We don't have the luxury of having financial membership in international organisations, taking into account Kosovo's external political context, especially in dialogue with Serbia, on the basis of which every failure to join international organisations without real planning I believe will be used in the process of dialogue and thus undermine the legitimacy of our citizenship in the international arena.

Regarding the respect of the Washington Agreement, Emir Abrashi of Democracy Plus, who says such an agreement should be respected. According to him, if Serbia does not adhere to the latter, Kosovo can do the same.

He says the mortorium, which expires in September, does not prevent the government from lobbiing so that after the end of that deadline, Kosovo can enjoy membership in any of the international mechanisms.

The government will be able to launch the application process in international organisations and not be expected until the mortorium expires and then get to work... Moratorium's running out too fast, it wouldn't be good for us to get out of that side to break a vow we made in Washington. However, if what happened in Belgrade is true, that President Alecandander Vuciq has broken the agreement, and if Serbia does not abide by this agreement, then neither does Kosovo need to do so. However, this should be done in full co-ordination with our allies”, he says.

On September 4th 2020, Kosovo Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti and Serbia's president, Aleksandar Vuciq, have signed agreements on economic normalisation at the White House, in the presence of President Donald Trump.

The agreement contains several points in which the two sides are obliged to adhere to it, while one of them says that “Kosovo (Pristina) will agree to implement a one-year rhetoric not to seek new membership in international organisations. Serbia (Belgrade) will agree to implement a one-year rhetoric on its campaign for recognition and will refrain from formal or informal demands on any country or international organisation not to recognise Kosovo (Pristina) as an independent state. All agreements to drop will be brought into force immediately”.