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Irish–Kosovan relations are the diplomatic, political, and economic foreign relations between the Republic of Ireland and the Republic of Kosovo.Ireland was one of the first nations to formally acknowledge Kosovo's independence on February 29, 2008, after the country declared its independence from Serbia on February 17, 2008.
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 ...
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]
The accession of Kosovo to the European Union (EU) is on the current agenda for future enlargement of the EU. Kosovo is currently recognized by the EU as a potential candidate for accession. [1] Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia was enacted on 17 February 2008 by a vote of members of the Assembly of Kosovo.
Furthermore, Kosovo remained independent, whereas Crimea was annexed by Russia, indicating that the real motivation of the latter was Russian irredentism. [ 41 ] [ 42 ] In October 2017, Czech president Miloš Zeman called the international community's recognition of Kosovo independence and protest over Crimean annexation as ' double standards '.
22 September 1991: – The (self – declared) parliament declared Kosovo an independent country, The Republic of Kosovo [99] 1992 (May) – Ibrahim Rugova was elected president, during its run the Republic of Kosovo was recognised only by Albania , it was formally disbanded in 1999 after the Kosovo War [ 100 ]
U.S. President George W. Bush on February 19, 2008 stated that recognizing Kosovo as an independent nation would "bring peace to a region scarred by war". [5] The bilateral ties the United States shares with Kosovo are maintained through the U.S. Embassy in Pristina, which was opened on April 8, 2008 by then-Chargé d'Affaires ad interim Tina ...
International supervision over the direction of the assembly ended in September 2012, [1] and Kosovo became responsible for its own governance. [2] The Republic of Kosovo has been recognised by 104 UN member states, the Republic of China , the Cook Islands, and Niue. Serbia and other member states consider Kosovo as an autonomous region of Serbia.