Kosovo’s Foreign Minister, Behgjet Pacolli, announced in a Facebook post that he has written a letter to the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres saying that the political dialogue with Serbia aimed at reaching a comprehensive, legally binding agreement has reached the stage of Kosovo and Serbia recognising one another as two independent countries. Pacolli said Kosovo was encouraged by the decision to have less frequent meetings on Kosovo at the Security Council. “I informed the Secretary-General Guterres that membership in the UN is now particularly possible for the fact that Serbia, though with difficulties, has begun to show early signs that it is interested in moving forward and accepting the truth acknowledged by the opinion of the International Court of Justice of 22 July 2010 confirming that the statehood of the Republic of Kosovo is in full accordance to the international law. In addition, I drew the attention of the Secretary-General Guterres to the ICJ opinion as the highest UN judicial institution, an opinion that implies Collective Recognition as the basis on which the UN General Assembly called for the dialogue facilitated by the EU. It is therefore acknowledged that the UN General Assembly Resolution 64/298 of 9 September 2010 strongly affirmed our statehood. I stressed in the letter that the ICJ opinion has enabled Serbia to see this truth, especially with regards to its diplomatic position on our independence needing to change accordingly. I informed the Secretary-General that the political dialogue aimed at reaching a Comprehensive, Internationally Legally Binding Agreement has reached the stage of mutual recognition as two independent states. I informed Secretary-General that the Republic of Kosovo aspires to UN membership and to this end we are always ready to invest our potential to support UN initiatives and missions in the function of peace and stability for all,” Pacolli wrote.
Kosovo FM Pacolli writes to UN SG Guterres (Telegrafi/Facebook)
- Published: 5 years ago on 12/02/2019
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- Last Modified: February 12, 2019 @ 1:58 pm
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