Serbia claims 9 countries withdrew recognition of Kosovo
BELGRADE, Serbia (AA) – Nine countries have withdrawn their recognition of Kosovo’s independence, Serbia’s president has claimed.
“We are small, but as things stand in the world, as many as 106 countries do not recognize the independence of Kosovo. Nine of them have withdrawn their recognition: Somalia, Burkina Faso, Gabon, Eswatini, Libya, Guinea, Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Lucia, Maldives,” Aleksandar Vucic said in his annual address in the capital Belgrade.
“We are waiting for the 10th,” he said, adding that challenges on Kosovo will remain in 2023.
Kosovo, predominantly inhabited by Albanians, broke away from Serbia in 1999 and declared independence in 2008. It aspires to EU membership and aims to gain a visa-free regime for the EU zone.
But Serbia has not recognized Kosovo’s independence and sees its former province as its territory.
Kosovo is not a member of the UN.
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