Sucess in stopping new recognitions of Kosovo
Belgrade based daily Danas writes that Serbia's diplomatic efforts to stop further recognitions of Kosovo's independence have been successful thus far.
(KosovoCompromise Staff) Wednesday, August 18, 2010
About three weeks after the International Court of Justice gave its opinion on the legality of Kosovo's proclaimed independence, there have been no new recognitions.
Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic spent the last two weeks holding bilateral talks with over 50 foreign officials and presenting Serbia's resolution that it has submitted to the UN General Assembly for discussion in September.
Danas writes that while talking with various officials, Jeremic tried to downplay the importance of the ICJ decision that the Kosovo declaration did not violate international law. At the same time, President Boris Tadic sent 55 envoys to do the same all around the world, trying to convince countries to not give into the pressure to recognize Kosovo and to support Serbia's resolution on Kosovo before the General Assembly.
The diplomatic effort can be deemed successful thus far, since Pristina announced that there would be new recognitions immediately after the ICJ decision and none have yet to occur.
Kosovo Albanian Foreign Minister Skender Hyseni had said that there would be 35 new recognitions during the summer. He later said that there would be ten countries recognizing Kosovo's independence in September and that one of them would be Pakistan.
The five countries that support Kosovo's independence the most-America, Great Britain, Germany, France and Italy-along with Pristina, have been increasing efforts for garnering new recognitions and working on Serbia's resolution flopping before the UN General Assembly, the daily writes.
