In addition to the meeting between Prime Minister Aljbin Kurti and Hristijan Mickoski, bilateral agreements are planned to be signed
Joint meeting of the governments of Kosovo and North Macedonia and a meeting of the prime ministers Aljbina Kurti and Hristijan Mickoski will be held on Monday in Pristina. In addition to them, it is also planned to hold bilateral meetings between the ministers of the two governments.
Apart from the Prime Minister's meeting, the signing ceremony of bilateral agreements is also expected, followed by a joint conference between Kurti and Mickoski.
The plan is to sign a protocol on the joint border crossings Blace - Đeneral Janković (Hani and Elezit) and Jažinca - Globočica, i.e. the IBM system - a joint integrated border crossing that will enable the smooth flow of citizens through only one border control.
In addition, it is planned to sign another agreement in the field of energy for the rational use of natural resources and strengthening of energy security, and it was announced that Macedonian and Kosovo officials will also discuss cooperation in the field of education.
This is just one in a series of numerous bilateral activities of Kosovo and North Macedonia, and it was preceded by the working visit of Aljbin Kurti and members of his cabinet to Skopje, in August of this year, when the focus was on the bilateral relations between Kosovo and North Macedonia, their cooperation, regional cooperation and infrastructure projects.
Kosovo was recognized by all the former Yugoslav republics except Bosnia and Herzegovina
North Macedonia is one of the four countries of the former Yugoslavia that recognized Kosovo's independence.
Kosovo declared its independence on February 17, 2008, and of the former Yugoslav republics, Slovenia was the first to recognize that independence, on March 5, 2008, when 57 of the 67 deputies present voted for the recognition of Kosovo's independence at a session of the parliament of that country, while four deputies voted against.
Then Croatia, together with Hungary, recognized the independence of Kosovo on March 19, 2008. The Prime Minister of Croatia at the time, Ivo Sanader, said that Croatia "started from reality", but that he understood that this was a difficult issue for Serbia, and that this was one of the reasons why Croatia waited a whole month to recognize Kosovo's independence. Sanader then pointed out that Croatia wants to continue good neighborly relations with Serbia, both political and economic.
Finally, Montenegro and North Macedonia recognized Kosovo's independence on October 9, 2008. Because of that decision by Podgorica, Belgrade declared the then ambassador of Montenegro in Serbia, Anka Vojvodić, persona non grata. At the beginning of 2008, the Interstate Commission for the Demarcation of Serbia and Montenegro was formed. Since part of the state border of Serbia towards Montenegro is also the border line of Kosovo and Montenegro, Serbia has taken the position that the state border cannot be discussed as long as Montenegro considers Kosovo a state.
Of the former Yugoslav republics, only Bosnia and Herzegovina does not recognize the independence of Kosovo, thanks to the opposition of the Republika Srpska entity.
Kosovo has very developed bilateral cooperation with all other former Yugoslav republics.
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