Kosovo failed to be included in the agenda of the Committee of Ministers meeting held on May 17.
However, the possibility remains open for Kosovo to soon become a member of the Council of Europe, if it meets the requirements of international friends.
This was announced by German Bundestag deputy Thomas Hacker.
Hacker says that the coming weeks will be very important for Kosovo, so he has urged the Kurti government to fulfill the obligations required for the Association.
“We made great efforts to include it in the agenda and to secure as many votes in favor as possible, but for the moment, this issue is linked to the Association of Serbian Municipalities. But we are still working on this process for Kosovo to become a member of the Council of Europe. We believe that Kosovo belongs to this Council and should become a member as soon as possible. The hopes are good, but it may take another week or two. Again, the voting has been postponed, but Kosovo could soon become a part of the Council. I think now the Kurti government must do its best to fulfill their obligations,” said Thomas Hacker, a deputy in the German Bundestag.
The German politician from the Free Democratic Party has criticized Serbia for lobbying against Kosovo’s membership in the Council of Europe.
According to the German, this constitutes a serious violation of the Ohrid Agreement.
“The Ohrid Agreement states that neither party should obstruct the other from joining international organizations, and now this is something that is happening in contradiction to this agreement, and I, along with many others from the German Parliament, in recent weeks and months have criticized Serbia for these actions, and we continue to monitor Serbia. On the other hand, we have also seen Kosovo not always ready to reduce tensions in the northern part. For example, there was a short notice period for the dinar issue, and this could have been avoided,” Hacker said.
On May 16, Kosovo pledged to draft a statute for the Association and send it for interpretation to the Constitutional Court by the end of May, but this did not convince member states of the Council of Europe to include Kosovo in the agenda of the Committee of Ministers.
