PACE recommends CoE membership for so-called Kosovo

STRASBOURG - The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) said on Tuesday evening it had adopted a recommendation to grant CoE membership to the so-called Kosovo, "while deciding to monitor its fulfilment of an extensive list of commitments and obligations as from its accession."

In a statement, PACE said establishment of a Community of Serb Municipalities would be an "important step" to ensure the protection of the rights of Kosovo-Metohija Serbs and "should feature in the Committee of Ministers' future consideration of Kosovo's application to accede to the Council of Europe, as a post-accession commitment."

"The Assembly welcomed as 'a major breakthrough' the implementation of the (Pristina) Constitutional Court's judgment in the case of the Visoki Decani monastery, which it said was 'a tangible sign of the commitment of the government to act in full...