No call for recognitions in OIC resolution

The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) today in Damascus, Syria, adopted a resolution related to the Kosovo question. Although Skender Hyseni, appointed by the Kosovo Albanian government in Pristina as its foreign minister, reacted to the news by welcoming the vote, diplomatic sources in Belgrade told B92 that the text that was adopted today does not contain an explicit call on Islamic countries to recognize Kosovo. No call for recognitions in OIC resolution The document also fails to mention "Kosovo's statehood", and instead only calls for "assistance to Muslim brothers". The ministry led by Hyseni said in a statement that the document that passed today appraises that "progress has been made in Kosovo after the independence declaration, welcomes UNMIK's reconfiguration, the deployment of EULEX in all of Kosovo, and calls on the international community to help the movements in Kosovo". Earlier today, Albanian FM Lulzim Basha told Pristina's Albanian language daily Koha Ditore that “it is not true that the Islamic Conference rejected the Saudi Arabian proposal and that it has made changes, as Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic told the media,” adding that the proposal would be voted on today "in the original version proposed by Saudi Arabia". Basha did not want to speculate as to the outcome of the vote, but said that he believed that the resolution would be adopted. Jeremic said yesterday that the draft resolution, in which Saudi Arabia called on Islamic countries to recognize Kosovo independence, had not been approved at the ministerial meeting of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) in Damascus, because several member-states had submitted amendments to the draft. Koha Ditore writes that Kosovo Deputy Foreign Minister Vlore Chitaku said that “things are going well in Damascus,” and that the resolution would be voted on in the form submitted by Saudi Arabia. “We cannot prejudge the results of the voting, but we are doing our job, and we are in constant contact with the Secretariat of the Conference and with officials of individual countries. We believe that the resolution will be adopted,” she said. Jeremic’s cabinet stated yesterday that a resolution that is neutral in status had been accepted, in which Kosovo’s statehood was not mentioned, and which did not call on Muslim countries to recognize Kosovo.

No call for recognitions in OIC resolution

The document also fails to mention "Kosovo's statehood", and instead only calls for "assistance to Muslim brothers".

The ministry led by Hyseni said in a statement that the document that passed today appraises that "progress has been made in Kosovo after the independence declaration, welcomes UNMIK's reconfiguration, the deployment of EULEX in all of Kosovo, and calls on the international community to help the movements in Kosovo".

Earlier today, Albanian FM Lulzim Basha told Priština's Albanian language daily Koha Ditore that “it is not true that the Islamic Conference rejected the Saudi Arabian proposal and that it has made changes, as Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić told the media,” adding that the proposal would be voted on today "in the original version proposed by Saudi Arabia".

Basha did not want to speculate as to the outcome of the vote, but said that he believed that the resolution would be adopted.

Jeremić said yesterday that the draft resolution, in which Saudi Arabia called on Islamic countries to recognize Kosovo independence, had not been approved at the ministerial meeting of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) in Damascus, because several member-states had submitted amendments to the draft.

Koha Ditore writes that Kosovo Deputy Foreign Minister Vlore Chitaku said that “things are going well in Damascus,” and that the resolution would be voted on in the form submitted by Saudi Arabia.

“We cannot prejudge the results of the voting, but we are doing our job, and we are in constant contact with the Secretariat of the Conference and with officials of individual countries. We believe that the resolution will be adopted,” she said.

Jeremić’s cabinet stated yesterday that a resolution that is neutral in status had been accepted, in which Kosovo’s statehood was not mentioned, and which did not call on Muslim countries to recognize Kosovo.