17 minutes agoSummit NATO in Turkey, the Defence Ministry confirms: We were not invited.
Periskopi(2 hours ago)
(2 hours ago)The defence ministry has clarified that Kosovo has not received an invitation for participation in the NATO Summit, as it is not a member of the Alliance and therefore does not participate in summits in the quality of the member.
The clarification comes after media reports that Kosovo has not been invited to the upcoming NATO summit.
The defence ministry has stressed that even in previous cases Kosovo has not had an official invitation for participation in the NATO Summit.
With your interest in reporting that Kosovo has not received an invitation for participation in the NATO Summit, we inform you that the Republic of Kosovo is not a NATO member and not a part of the Partnership for Peace Programme. For this reason, it does not participate in NATO Samites as a participating state”, the Ministry of Defence for Online Economy says.
According to the ministry even in the past, Kosovo has not participated in the NATO Summit as a participating state, but that invitations have been for specific activities organised in the summit margins.
Even in the past, Kosovo has not received an invitation to participate in the NATO Summit as a participating state. Exceptions have been invitations to specific activities organised in the summit margins, such as “Women, Peace and Security” (Women, Peace and Security), organised by the United States State Department during the NATO Summit last year”, is said to be further in response.
The ministry has clarified that NATO Samites are meetings of the heads of state and government of the 32 Alliance member states, as well as of the partners invited on separate occasions.
NATO's “Sommites are meetings of heads of state and government of 32 Alliance member states, as well as of partners invited on separate occasions. Therefore, we stress that the Republic of Kosovo has never participated in a NATO Sam as a participating state, because it is not yet a member state of the Alliance, it says in response.
According to the ministry, the Republic of Kosovo remains fully committed on its path towards full NATO membership.
“However, the Republic of Kosovo remains fully committed to its path towards full NATO membership, continuing to advance reforms, meet the necessary standards and strengthen co-operation with the Alliance and member states”, the Defence Ministry's response reported.
