Albanian FM: OIC passes the Kosovo resolution

Lulzim Basha, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Albania who is participating in the 36 Ministerial Summit of the Organization of the Islamic Conference has confirmed today in a live phone interview for RTK that the OIC has passed the Kosovo resolution. All of the members of the OIC have voted in favor of the resolution.

“The Kosovo Times” is working to acquire the text of the final resolution adopted by the OIC Summit. According to our sources the adopted resolution, a non binding resolution, opens the path for individual OIC member states to decide whether to recognize Kosovo or not. This mechanism is similar to the one adopted by the EU which left it to member states to decide and as a result of this 22 out of 27 EU member states have recognized Kosovo.

Kosovo is recognized by 13 out of 57 OIC member states while “The Kosovo Times” diplomatic sources, close to the events in the OIC summit, confirm the willingness of additional 19 OIC member states to recognize Kosovo. It is expected that new recognitions coming from OIC member states, recognitions based on the principle of Muslim solidarity, are going to happen in the weeks ahead.