Turkish MP: Kosovo deserves membership in KiE, conditioning is unfair

He stresses that Kosovo's membership is meritive because it has fulfilled all the criteria for being part of this international organisation.

The “conditioning by some of the European states with progress in a process completely separate from that of membership in the Council of Europe is unfair to Kosovo and injustice by other non-communal communities in Kosovo” has written Damka in a Facebook post.

The Kosovo minister, who comes from the Turkish community, has added that he feels neglected by leaders of friendly states who have so far decided to block Kosovo's membership in the Council of Europe.

The Turkish sub-community is the constitutional community of the Republic of Kosovo, which has contributed and contributes to the development of the state of Kosovo and to the interethnic harmony in Kosovo. The same, through our MP, has made an extremely important contribution to the historic vote of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in April of this year. Access to the mechanisms of the Council of Europe, such as that of the Strasbourg Court, presents good opportunities and additional opportunities to protect and promote our rights”, She wrote Damka.

Damka has added further that denying such a possibility because of a process that has exclusively to do with another non-party community is ignoring and discouraging for the Turkish community in Kosovo, as well as for all other communities that are an active part of the social, cultural and institutional life of the Republic of Kosovo.