Association and implementation of Constitutional Decision for Decani Monastery, two conditions for Kosovo membership in KiE

According to them, although with Russia's exclusion from this Council, Kosovo has had good opportunity to join, the recent political situations in the country, in this case the establishment of sanctions from the European Union (BE) and the irritability of relations with the United States of America ( The US has brought new challenges to Kosovo for CoE membership.

University professor Dorajet Imeri has said it is important that Kosovo has passed the first phase of membership for the KiE, and then remains with the General Assembly to ratify the Council of Ministers' decision that will also make Kosovo's accession to this international facility.

“Plotting conditions cannot be read from outside this depends on how they view those who will vote in the General Assembly of this structure to accept or not Kosovo. Initially it is important that Kosovo has passed the first phase of membership and then is the General Assembly, which will constitutionally ratify the Council of Ministers' decision that will make Kosovo's accession to this international facility. It is very important to know that this organisation or registration into this organisation comes only because Russia is no longer participating because of the war it is making in Ukraine, and because a new geopolitical circumstance and new factors are coming into the picture, it is possible that Kosovo is to become a member of”, he said.

He has said that the evil in this case is that the countries that will determine whether or not Kosovo's accession agenda in this organisation, and especially Germany and France, have shown crucial on two issues, that Kosovo can only membership if it implements the international agreement, the establishment of association and implementation of the 2016 Constitutional Court ruling, with which it recognises the right of the Decani Monastery for 24 hectares of land.

The bad news on the other side is that countries that will determine whether or not Kosovo's accession agenda in this organisation have shown crucial the importance of the two issues, these are the two conditions that I'm mentioning, the first is the association this is the first condition. Especially Germany and France have already confirmed that they expect Kosovo to implement international agreements, respectively. The second concerns implementing the Kosovo Constitutional Court's decision on property around the Decani Monastery, these are two fundamental issues which will determine whether Kosovo will be accepted, if these criteria are met on the part of Kosovo”, he has said.

University Professor Gzim Qerimi has said that Kosovo will have challenges for membership in the KiE in view of recent state reports with international mechanisms.

He has said that if Kosovo fails to membership in this organisation as a cause of these situations, the country will only be affected more by the image around the world.

If we look at the practical aspect given that Russia is now not part of the Council of Europe, which has been expelled after the war in Ukraine. However, it depends entirely on how much the will of the Council of Europe member states exists. It should be seen that now the Parliamentary Assembly will be the starting point of the day and two thirds of the member states of the KiE are required, then the Council of Ministers is obliged to vote on a possible membership, that is in terms of practice. But I think Kosovo will have the right challenges to that membership given the recent Kosovo state reports on international mechanisms, separately with the EU. I believe that without the support of the powerful states of the EU and the KiE, there will be difficulties in membership. If Kosovo fails in this case, I will damage Kosovo's image away, and that is entirely as a result of the damage to the reports with our partners. In the situation which Kosovo is, the odds are minimal not to be entirely pessimistic about Kosovo becoming a member of the KiE. The main reason is that Kosovo is under EU sanctions”, he has said.

Qerim has said that Kosovo without implementing the Brussels agreement and at the same time without even implementing the Constitutional Court's decision on Decani Monastery can't become a member of the KiE

“Practically these criteria are not required, but I believe these are the essential criteria in the background that Kosovo without implementing the Brussels Agreement and the Ohrid annex cannot become a member of the KiE and at the same time without implementing the Constitutional Court's decision on the Monastery. We've observed the last few days, and the boss of it. EULEX, then the American ambassador who has backed his statement demanding from institutions as soon as the Constitutional Court's decision on the Monastery” is implemented, he has said.

Kosovo has applied for membership in the Council of Europe in 12,05.2022. Meanwhile, the Council of Europe's Ministerial Committee in April 2023 made the decision to submit the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe to membership of the Republic of Kosovo.
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