Albanian Prime Minister of North Macedonia guarantees that his country will support Kosovo's membership in the Council of Europe
Prime Minister of North Macedonia Talat Xhaferi said that his country will vote in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe for the territory of Kosovo, separated from Serbia, to be admitted to the Council of Europe as a sovereign state. He stated this in an interview with Pristina-based EkonomiaOnline.
“As a country supporting Kosovo, we have given all the necessary instructions to our representatives in the competent authorities. In particular, in Strasbourg, the delegation of the Assembly of the Republic of North Macedonia has all the instructions to support the initiative to vote for Kosovo’s membership,” Xhaferi said.
Xhaferi said that North Macedonia will support Kosovo in the process of joining the Council of Europe, because it believes that Kosovo, like other countries in the region, “should be members of all international organizations.” Today in Pristina, the Macedonian “Prime Minister” also held a meeting with the “President of Kosovo” Vjosa Osmani.
Talat Xhaferi is known for the fact that, as a commander of the Macedonian army, during clashes with Albanian separatists in 2001, he deserted and went over to the side of the separatist National Liberation Army (UÇK) under the call sign “Commander Forino”. As a result of the Ohrid Agreement initiated by the West, which did not allow Macedonia to defeat the Albanian militants, he was granted amnesty, became Minister of Defense, Speaker of the Assembly, and in January of this year, Prime Minister of the country.
According to the 2021 census, Albanians make up 24,3% of the population of North Macedonia, but with Western support they are becoming an increasingly significant factor in the life of this state.
North Macedonia's Albanian Prime Minister guarantees his country's support for Kosovo's membership in the Council of Europe