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International governments are divided on the issue of recognition of the independence of Kosovo from Serbia, which was declared in 2008. [1] [2] The Government of Serbia does not diplomatically recognise Kosovo as a sovereign state, [3] although the two countries have enjoyed normalised economic relations since 2020 and have agreed not to try to interfere with the other's accession to the ...
In March 2014, Russia used Kosovo's declaration of independence as a justification for recognizing the independence of Crimea, citing the so-called "Kosovo independence precedent". [17] [18] In September 2020, Kosovo and Serbia agreed for economic normalisation with Donald Trump brokering. Though Russia has openly supported Serbia over Kosovo ...
[171] [172] Of the UN Security Council members, while the US, UK and France do recognise Kosovo's independence, Russia and China do not. [173] Since declaring independence, it has become a member of international institutions such as the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, [174] [175] though not of the United Nations.
The 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, which proclaimed the Republic of Kosovo to be an independent and sovereign state, was adopted at a meeting held on 17 February 2008 by 109 out of the 120 members of the Assembly of Kosovo, including the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Hashim Thaçi, and by the President of Kosovo, Fatmir Sejdiu (who was not a member of the Assembly). [1]
Russia does not recognise Kosovo, which has a majority ethnic Albanian population, as an independent country and traditionally supports Serbia, with which it has close religious and cultural ties.
The Kosovo-Serbia-Russia Triangle The relationship between Kosovo and Russia cannot be fully understood without considering the central role that Serbia plays in the dynamic. Serbia is a key Russian ally in the Balkans, and its opposition to Kosovo’s independence is vital to Russia’s strategic interests in the region.
In 2014, Russia recognized Crimean independence, but not that of Kosovo. [8] Later, in February 2022 Vladimir Putin, President of Russia has cited Kosovo precedent as justification for Russian recognition of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic .
Map showing banovinas (Yugoslav provinces) in 1929. Kosovo is shown as part of the Zeta and Vardar banovinas. Following the Balkan Wars (1912–13) and the Treaties of London and Bucharest, which led to the Ottoman loss of most of the Balkans, Kosovo was governed as an integral part of the Kingdom of Serbia, while its western part by the Kingdom of Montenegro.