8 hours agoArmenia confirms passport recognition, explains it has not changed stance on Kosovo independence
Periskopi(a year ago)
(a year ago)Armenia has officially recognised Kosovo passports, including regular, diplomatic and official ones. This was made known several days ago by Deputy Foreign Minister Kreshnik Ahmeti, who described it as a key “step towards strengthening ties and relations between citizens and institutions of both countries”. Foreign Ministry in Yerevan [...]
This was made known several days ago by Deputy Foreign Minister Kreshnik Ahmeti, who described it as a key “step towards strengthening ties and relations between citizens and institutions of both countries”.
The Foreign Ministry in Yerevan has confirmed this in a statement to the Armenian Radio Free Europe Service, but has said it does not recognise Kosovo's independence.
The existing “Dialog between Armenia and Kosovo is kept on different platforms through bilateral meetings and discussions. Steps are being taken to strengthen tourist ties and contacts among people, which does not mean recognition [of Kosovo independence]”, the statement says, adding that many other countries have adopted the same policy.
Armenia's government had responded positively to the 2010 ruling by the International Court of Justice (GJND) for Kosovo's independence.
She said the UN tribunal thus supported the principle of people's right to self-rule. Yerevan stopped supporting this principle in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict under Prime Minister Nikola Pashinian in 2022.
She had met with President Vjosa Osmani in September this year during a summit for, as she had said then, discussed recent developments, challenges and opportunities ahead.
In 2018, former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci had visited Yerevan, where he attended a summit of the Francophony Organisation.
