Albania sends "recognize Kosovo" petition

Albania's Muslims will send a petition with more than 50,000 signatures to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC).

Izvor: Reuters

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Albania's Muslims will send a petition with more than 50,000 signatures to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC). The petition will will urge the OIC members to recognize Kosovo, organizers said. Albania sends "recognize Kosovo" petition "The United States and many European countries have recognized the mainly Albanian, mainly Muslim country, but most Arab countries have not," Reuters reported. "To us as Muslims, it came as a surprise that the Arab world did not recognize Kosovo. We thought of appealing to the countries that helped the Kosovo people with humanitarian aid in 1999," said Agim Baci, one of the organizers of the petition. Baci, a journalist and Muslim scholar, said Christian Orthodox and Catholic believers also signed the petition. Albania has been a member of the OIC since December 1992, Reuters reported.

Albania sends "recognize Kosovo" petition

"The United States and many European countries have recognized the mainly Albanian, mainly Muslim country, but most Arab countries have not," Reuters reported.

"To us as Muslims, it came as a surprise that the Arab world did not recognize Kosovo. We thought of appealing to the countries that helped the Kosovo people with humanitarian aid in 1999," said Agim Baci, one of the organizers of the petition.

Baci, a journalist and Muslim scholar, said Christian Orthodox and Catholic believers also signed the petition.

Albania has been a member of the OIC since December 1992, Reuters reported.

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