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The Ohrid Agreement, [2] [3] [4] officially known as Agreement on the path to normalization between Kosovo and Serbia is an agreement mediated by the European Union that aims to normalize diplomatic relations between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia.
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 ...
Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia on 17 February 2008 and Jordan recognized it on 7 July 2009. The two countries enjoy good and friendly relations. Atifete Jahjaga who served as the fourth President of Kosovo praised Jordan's assistance as one of the most important partnerships of Kosovo in the Middle East.
The U.S. State Department has banned a Serbian former police commander from entering the United States, alleging he played a part in the killings of three U.S.-born Kosovo Albanians in 1999.
The Republic of Kosovo declared independence on 17 February 2008, and has been partially recognized internationally.Serbia introduced a draft-resolution on 8 October 2008 in the UN General Assembly, which sought the opinion of the International Court of Justice on Kosovo's declaration of independence. [2]
On September 4, the agreements were signed by Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić and Kosovo Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] The signing ceremony took place in the Oval Office at the White House in the presence of President Trump on September 4, 2020, two months before the US presidential election . [ 9 ]
The Kosovo population also support the US engagement with the Balkans, which is viewed as anti-Serbian. [6] After the Kosovo War, the US remains popular among the Kosovo Albanian population. [6] According to the 2012 U.S. Global Leadership Report, 87% of Kosovars approve of U.S. leadership, the highest rating for any survey in Europe. [14]
In Kosovo, a state-owned energy company plans to destroy a village to make way for expanded coal mining as the government and the World Bank plan for a proposed coal-burning power plant. The government has already forced roughly 1,000 residents from their homes. Many former residents claim officials violated World Bank policy requiring borrowers to restore their living conditions at equal or ...