Suriname

BELGRADE - The government of the Republic of Suriname has revoked the decision to recognise Kosovo-Metohija as an independent state, Serbian FM Ivica Dacic announced on Tuesday.

A diplomatic note on this arrived from Suriname last night, Dacic said.

Serbia's diplomacy has celebrated as great success Suriname's decision to revoke its recognition of Kosovo as an independent state.

Still - what is the concrete use of a distant, little known country doing this?

Suriname's decision to withdraw its recognition of Kosovo is important, James Ker-Lindsay, a professor at St. Mary's University in Britain, has told b92.net.

According to him, this is the case because so far, there has been "a perception that Kosovo's acceptance by the international community is a one way street - countries recognize it."

Suriname's decision to withdraw its recognition of Kosovo is important, James Ker-Lindsay, a professor at St. Mary's University in Britain, has told b92.net.

According to the data from Belgrade, the independence of Kosovo was recognized by 106 countries, and two of them have withdrawn that recognition. In addition to Suriname, this is done by another country - Sao Tome and Principe, the island nation in the west of Africa.

Suriname has decided to withdraw its previous decision to recognize Kosovo as independent, Serbia's Foreign Minster Ivica Dacic announced on Tuesday.

The first deputy prime minister stressed that he received information about this from the South American country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and that it came "after long-term work, and many conversations."

The Kosovo government on Tuesday said that it was not possible for Suriname to rescind its recognition, despite Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic's insistence that the small South American state has just done so.

Suriname has decided to withdraw its previous decision to recognize Kosovo as independent, Serbia's Foreign Minster Ivica Dacic announced on Tuesday.

The first deputy prime minister stressed that he received information about this from the South American country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and that it came "after long-term work, and many conversations."

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