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Kosovo minister say two more states plan to recognise its statehood by September, though neither country has been named and such predictions have proved false in the past.<\/p>\n
Enver Hoxhaj, Kosovo’s outgoing Foreign Minister, said that two more countries planned to recognise its independence this summer.<\/p>\n
\u201cI expect… two more recognitions of Kosovo by September, while I am convinced that the next meeting of the General Assembly of the United Nations will be another great event where Kosovo will get more recognitions,\u201d Hoxhaj said.<\/p>\n
He did not specify the states in question but indicated that one was in Africa. Hoxhaj made his comment after meeting the Foreign minister of Togo, Robert Dussey, in Pristina.<\/p>\n
The West African state recognized Kosovo in July, bringing the number of states that have recognized the country up to 107.<\/p>\n
Hoxhaj\u2019s announcement comes as Kosovo is struggling to establish a new government amid legal disputes between the political leaders related to the right to form the new government and the election of a speaker of parliament.<\/p>\n
Besa Shahini, a political expert, told Balkan Insight Kosovo needs more than a new government if it want to be recognised by more countries.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo far, we have had a stable government, which was not able to ensure enough recognitions to enable Kosovo to become a member of different international organizations. The same will happen with the new government it we don\u2019t have a strategy on ensuring recognitions,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Kosovo\u2019s recognition process has been marred by uncertainties over the real number of recognitions since the country declared independence from Serbia in 2008.<\/p>\n
Apart from Serbia and its diplomatic ally, Russia, five EU member states have notably refused to recognise Kosovo: Greece, Cyprus, Spain, Slovakia and Romania.<\/p>\n
Shahini said it was \u201cunrealistic\u201d to expect any change in the standpoints of these EU states.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere were a lot of promises by minister Hoxhaj and deputy minister [Petrit] Selimi that Slovakia and Greece would recognize Kosovo, but this was not correct. The statements coming from officials of these countries prove that,\u201d Shani concluded.\/balkaninsight\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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