The process is expected to take years, if not decades, and depends on normalizing its relations with Serbia
Kosovo will this week apply to join the European Union, its Prime Minister Albin Kurti said today, a process expected to take years, if not decades, and dependent on normalizing its relations with Serbia.
Kosovo’s majority Albanians declared independence from Serbia in 2008 with Western support after a 1998-1999 war in which NATO intervened.
Kosovo is not a member of the UN and five EU member states do not recognize its statehood.
“The European Union is a place of peace, security, equality and prosperity and that is why the place of the Republic of Kosovo is in this common house as a peace-loving country,” Kurti said during a government meeting in Pristina.
Before joining, Kosovo will have to reach an agreement with Serbia to normalize relations. The EU is already working on an agreement that it hopes both sides will adopt within a year.
Serb protesters in northern Kosovo have blocked major roads in recent days after an exchange of fire with the police following the arrest of a Serbian ex-policeman amid rising tensions between the authorities and Kosovo’s Serb minority.
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