Snježana Novaković Bursać, a member of the Bosnia and Herzegovina delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly and Vice-President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, stated that the recommendation to admit the self-proclaimed Kosovo into the Council of Europe violates norms and the statutes of the council, which stipulate that only a state can become a member, and the self-proclaimed Kosovo* does not meet the criteria for independence.
“Self-proclaimed Kosovo does not fulfill the conditions of being a state as defined by the UN Charter, and therefore cannot be considered a state under Article Four of the Council of Europe Statutes. This territory was forcibly separated from the sovereign and internationally recognized state of Serbia,” she said.
Novaković Bursać told RTRS that Kosovo and Metohija is an integral part of Serbia, a member of the Council of Europe, and that those who voted for the draft report recommending its membership are well aware of this fact.
She noted that the events related to the admission of self-proclaimed Kosovo* have been accelerated over the past year to “break” all norms and principles of international law and secure Kosovo’s membership.
Novaković Bursać reported that two out of the four members of the Bosnia and Herzegovina delegation voted against this—herself and Branislav Borenović.
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has adopted a draft report recommending the membership of the self-proclaimed Kosovo* in the Council of Europe. Out of 171 members present, 131 voted in favor of the admission, 29 were against, and 11 abstained.
Source: RTRS
