Ahmeti: There are no signals for blocking Kosovo's membership in the Council of Europe
Next week, the rapporteurs for
Kosovo are expected to be appointed by the Council of Europe (CoE), after
passing the first phase for membership in the CoE on April 24. The same are
expected to come to Kosovo and draw up reports on legal and political issues,
and on equality and the rights of communities. Meanwhile, two jurists who are
not members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe have already
been appointed who will make the first report on Kosovo regarding the
constitutionality and rights of minorities.
In the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, they are optimistic that Kosovo will pass the next stages for full
membership in this international institution, while they say that they have no
signal that the latest developments in Kosovo will stop Kosovo's membership
procedures in the Council of Europe.
The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kreshnik Ahmeti, tells KosovaPress that after the appointment of the rapporteurs for Kosovo, at the next meeting of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, the membership situation in this institution will be clearer...