No recognition since 2 years, Kosovo in campaign to defend what it has

In early January, Serbia's president, Aleksandar Vuciq, claimed nine states have drawn recognition of Kosovo and that they are awaiting a tenth state, without specifying which state it is talking about.

According to him, Kosovo has recognised: Somalia, Burkina Faso, Gabon, Esvatini, Libya, Gunia, Antigua and Barbuda, St. Lucia and Maldivet.

On 16 January, Togo's Foreign Minister said in Belgrade that his state has drawn recognition of Kosovo. It is unclear whether Vuciq has allied in Togon as the tenth state, in his claim to recognise Kosovo.

Kosovo Foreign Affairs and Diaspore Minister Donika Grovalla said Kosovo's recognition of Togo “occurred in 2019”.

Kosovo will win its battle today, as it has won in 1999. Wisely, courageously, courageously, the full sacrifice of friends and allies throughout the free and democratic world. And Serbia will again lose, as it has lost 1999, because the truth always wins over”, it wrote on Facebook.

Besides Togo, MPJD has rejected these claims of Serbia through an official response. Kosovo officials have also made public their meetings with representatives of some of the states, located on the list presented by Vuciqi, as part of efforts to refute the Serbian leader's claims.

To what countries did Kosovo ambassadors meet?

Six days after Vuciqi's statement on January 10th, Kosovo's ambassador to Turkey, Agon Vrenesei, met with his Somali counterpart, Jama Abdullah Mohammed.

According to the Kosovo Embassy's announcement in Ankara, the two diplomats discussed the possibilities for co-operation between states.

But this meeting, the Somali side has chosen not to draw it into social networking accounts, nor to its Embassy website in Turkey.

According to the Kosovo Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Diaspora data, Somalia reportedly recognised Kosovo on May 19th 2010.

On 11 January, Kosovo's ambassador to Brussels, Agron Bajrami, announced the meeting with Libya's ambassador to Belgium, Amel Jerary.

Bajrami has written on Twitter that with Jerary, there have been a good and understanding “and understanding “and that they have exchanged views of the situation in the two respective states and the importance of “instability, democracy for peace both in the Western Balkans and in Libya”.

“We agreed to deepen Kosovo-Liby” reports, Bajrami wrote.

However, the meeting with Bajram, Jerary has not chosen to make it public in her Twitter account.

According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Libya has recognised Kosovo's independence on September 25th, 2013.

The same day, Kosovo's ambassador to Canada, the Adriatic Kryeziu, published on Twitter the news that the charge of Gabon Embassy in Canada, Engone Rosine Epoise Oliveira.

Despite Vuciq claiming Gabon has drawn recognition of Kosovo, Kryeziu said that with his counterpart he discussed the current “bilateral passports and future co-operation”.

Gabon, a state in Central Africa, recognised Kosovo's independence on September 15th 2011. The embassy of this state in Canada has not reflected the meeting of their charge in the institution with Ambassador Kryeziu.

Meanwhile, with the permanent representative to the United Nations, Maldives, the head of the Kosovo General Consulate in the United States, Blerim Reka, met.

Reka wrote on Twitter on January 12th that with Maldives' ambassador, Thimese Hussain, he reconfirmed <x0 excellent bilateral passports”.

Unlike Hussain, who posted nothing for this meeting with Reka, nor did Maldives' mission to the UN, this state Embassy in Japan did the opposite.

On January 13th, it was announced that the Maldive Embassy in Japan had been visited by Kosovo's ambassador to Japan, Sabri Kicmari.

“We talked about ways to strengthen bilateral and multilateral ties and strengthen the fields of co-operation between Maldives and Kosovo”, said in the post, which was accompanied by a photo of the meeting.

Maldive, state in the Indian Ocean, recognised Kosovo's independence a year and two days after the proclamation, on February 19, 2009, respectively.

Kosovo diplomats have also met with representatives of another state, which Serbia claims has drawn recognition of Kosovo. It's about Esvain, formerly known as Svaziland State on the African continent.

Kosovo Ambassador to the United Kingdom Ilir Kapiti visited his embassy in London on 12 January.

“It was a pleasure to discuss world events and we welcome the strengthening of reports between Kosovo and Esvain, exploring economic possibilities”, Kapiti wrote after meeting with the top commissioner of this state in London, Thanazile P. Shut up.

Besides these publicized meetings, The MPJD on January 5th said Vuciki's claims of attracting recognition have not stood and proved, either by meetings with representatives of states in question, “, but not after consulting with the country's key partners”.

“Serbia must urgently give up aggressive attacks on Kosovo and its sovereignty and return to the negotiating table with the centre-based mutual recognition”, the MPJD response was said./rel