21 minutes agoKiE membership, Rohde calls Kurti for bold “decision”: A failed vote would be disaster
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(2 years ago)Germany's ambassador to Kosovo, Jorn Rohde, has said a failed vote for Kosovo's membership in the Council of Europe would be a disaster. Rohde has said he would want nothing more than to see Kosovo in the KiE as soon as possible, but that it should [...]
Germany's ambassador to Kosovo, Jorn Rohde, has said a failed vote for Kosovo's membership in the Council of Europe would be a disaster.
Rohde has said he would want nothing more than to see Kosovo in the KiE as soon as possible, but that a two-thirds majority of member states are needed to ensure this. He said the request for the draft association status, linking Kosovo's membership in the KiE, is no surprise to Prime Minister Albin Kurti.
According to him, Kosovo's membership in the KiE would be Kosovo's greatest foreign policy success since a decade.
“We want a secure vote, two-thirds of the majority. And the prime minister, as I and others have said publicly, has had conversations with political leaders, with President Macro, with Chancellor Scholz. He met with my foreign minister on April 26th, and we always, all of us, have given Kosovo clear expectations for this topic. So it's not a surprise. And we said publicly, a failed vote would be a disaster, stated Rohde for A2. CNN.
The German ambassador has said it is in the hands of the Government to take these steps, since a failed vote would be terrible.
This is how the situation appears to be. In politics everything is possible. If there are good developments, there will be rewards. If there is no development, there will also be reactions, which will not be in Kosovo's favour. I think time is everything. The sooner the Kosovo government makes a bold decision, the better off are the chances of securing the magic by two-thirds and having a vote. Again, for me, having a failed vote would be terrible. We want Kosovo to be in the Council of Europe as soon as possible and seek a successful vote. ”
He has called for Kosovo not to miss the opportunity, until he has mentioned Kosovo's expectation of visa liberalisation.
Because, you know, we can talk from past experiences, let's say, when it was voted for U n NESTO a few years ago. And if you lose your options, you know, in 2016 there was a dispute over demarcation. Kosovo was on the member states' list to get visa liberalisation and then you had this dispute with Montenegro for demarcation and it took five years for Kosovo. No, not five years. Eight years to get visa liberalisation. So, if you lose a chance, this doesn't improve your situation.” has stated Rohde.
