13 minutes agoKosovo application remains in Council of Europe drawer
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)The Council of Europe continues to keep Kosovo's application for membership in its drawer. The delays in his examination are considered bureaucratic. But it is estimated that it has been the right time to make the application, despite criticism that Kosovo should wait until it secures most of the votes in the Council. However, progress in this regard seems [...]
However, progress in this direction seems to be linked to dialogue between Pristina and Belgrade, writes a2cn.
Kosovo cannot remain hostage to anyone in the European Union to expect any moment because that moment can never be achieved in a situation we are in, given the crisis and the struggle we have in Ukraine”, says analyst Gazmir Raci.
The key EU countries have supported our application, which is clearly confirmed by Germany, the United Kingdom, France, although the latter has underlined the interconnection with dialogue. Here I believe it should be the attention of our institutions, in the eyes of our partners, but even in the eyes of the United States, any advance of ours in the international scheme is related to dialogue. So acts like the 2013 Energy Implementation Guide agreement is the right step and will support our European Council app”, says Demush Shasha, director of the Epic Institute.
Meanwhile, Kosovo applied for membership in the Council of Europe on May 12th of this year, but the request was not included in the agenda of the CoE Committee of Ministers held 20 May. The hope of considering the application remains at the next meeting, held next year.
