Britain's representative to the Council of Europe: Kosovo is too close to becoming EC member, needs little lobbie

British politician shows that in this process, Great Britain has strongly supported Kosovo becoming part of this important international organisation.

However, Howell says it is now up to Kosovo to lobbie more about those states that are more reserved in terms of its membership in the Council of Europe.

“Mbi 30 states voted and supported Kosovo's application to join the Council of Europe. I think that for a short period of time, Kosovo will become a full-fledged member of the Council of Europe. I am very optimistic about the matter. You should know that the United Kingdom is strongly supporting Kosovo on this important road. It is now up to Kosovo to do its part, lobbie those states that are more reserved in terms of membership in the Council of Europe”, he says, has reported tve1.

The conservative politician says Serbia should respect the agreements reached with Kosovo, and not prevent the latter from joining international organisations. According to him, with Kosovo's membership in the Council of Europe, the Serbian state also benefits.

Serbia must respect agreements and not prevent Kosovo from joining the Council of Europe. In this situation, it would benefit not only Kosovo, but Serbia, because it would enable better communication among all states that are members of the Council. Serbia has nothing to lose here because all benefit from being equal members in the European Court of Human Rights and being subject to the” convention, the British politician says. We remember that in April, the Council of Europe Ministerial Committee made a decision to submit the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe to the application for Kosovo membership.