December 18, 2009
Kosova: Malawi to Recognise Kosovo
Malawi will become the first country to recognise Kosovo as independent after the conclusion of oral argument in the International Court of Justice on the legality of Kosovo’s self-declared independence, media in Pristina said.Below is an article published by The Echo:
Kosovo foreign minister Skender Hyseni told a news conference that he had been notified that Malawi, a country of close to 14 million people in south-east Africa, would recognise Kosovo as independent.
This would make Kosovo the 64th country to recognise Kosovo since the February 2008 unilateral declaration of independence in Pristina, rejected by Serbia as illegal and which it has challenged in the International Court of Justice.
Hyseni said that he would continue to intensify lobbying efforts, and would soon visit Saudi Arabia and use the opportunity to lobby Islamic countries.
The International Court of Justice is expected to issue its opinion, which will not be legally binding, some time in 2010. Those in favour of Kosovo’s independence argue that countries who want to recognise it as independent are under no legal bar to await the outcome of the court’s proceedings.
Kosovo is recognised by all but five of the 27 member states of the EU, as well as the United States, among others, but significant allies of Serbia in rejecting its independence as illegal include Russia.
Kosovo foreign minister Skender Hyseni told a news conference that he had been notified that Malawi, a country of close to 14 million people in south-east Africa, would recognise Kosovo as independent.
This would make Kosovo the 64th country to recognise Kosovo since the February 2008 unilateral declaration of independence in Pristina, rejected by Serbia as illegal and which it has challenged in the International Court of Justice.
Hyseni said that he would continue to intensify lobbying efforts, and would soon visit Saudi Arabia and use the opportunity to lobby Islamic countries.
The International Court of Justice is expected to issue its opinion, which will not be legally binding, some time in 2010. Those in favour of Kosovo’s independence argue that countries who want to recognise it as independent are under no legal bar to await the outcome of the court’s proceedings.
Kosovo is recognised by all but five of the 27 member states of the EU, as well as the United States, among others, but significant allies of Serbia in rejecting its independence as illegal include Russia.
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