Kosovo, for now, is not on the agenda of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, which will meet on May 16 in Strasbourg, confirm the diplomatic sources of Radio Free Europe.
The expectations were that at that meeting, a vote would be taken for Kosovo’s admission to this organization.
According to the diplomatic sources of some countries of the Council of Europe, there are some countries that prefer Kosovo not to be on the agenda at all, than to receive a negative vote.
Previously, on April 16, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe voted in favor of Kosovo’s membership.
But, in the meantime, countries such as France and Germany demanded that Kosovo’s membership in the Council of Europe be conditional upon the establishment of the Association of municipalities with a Serbian majority.
The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, rejected this condition, saying that the issue of the Association has to do with the dialogue for the normalization of relations with Serbia, not with the Council of Europe.
The US special envoy for the Western Balkans, Gabriel Escobar, said on Wednesday that “there are concerns that Kosovo may not have the votes to be admitted to the Council of Europe”.
For Kosovo to become a member of the continent’s largest organization for human rights, its acceptance must be supported by at least two-thirds of the 46 member countries.
REL is trying to get information directly from the Council of Europe regarding this matter.
