Foreign relations of Kosovo

 Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister, Enver Hoxhaj, said during Government's meeting on Friday that during this month or January 2018 at latest, Kosovo will submit its application for membership into the Council of Europe, Gazeta Express reported.

This was announced Deputy Prime Minister Enver Hoxhaj.

Citing the website Lajmi, the agency reported that Hoxhaj said that if the request were submitted now, Kosovo could join the CoE "within two years."

He added that during that period, this institution "will mainly be chaired by countries that recognized Kosovo's independence."

US Homeland Security Adviser Herbert McMaster has held a meeting with the foreign ministers of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro.

Kosovo's Deputy PM Enver Hoxhaj has accused Serbia of launching an "aggressive campaign" to obstruct the recognition of Kosovo's independence, as part of a "new foreign policy of fake news and hybrid warfare [aiming] to undermine peace and stability in the region.

''I took part in a meeting with the delegation headed by EU Parliament Speaker Antonio Tajani.During the meeting, we discussed the priorities of the upcoming EU Council Presidency in the context of the theme of the future of Europe, the challenges of the migration crisis and the need to restore the sense of security and stability of the citizens.'' This is what Deputy Prime Minister for Justice

BELGRADE - Serbian European Integration Minister Jadranka Joksimovic on Monday received a delegation of Ukrainian officials in charge of the country's EU accession affairs to discuss Serbia's activities in the accession process and ways of bilateral cooperation on the European path.

Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic late on Wednesday summoned for consultations the country's ambassador to Ukraine, Rade Bulatovic.

Minister for EU Integration Jadranka Joksimovic said on Monday that Serbia respects the territorial integrity of Ukraine.

She also thanked that country for not recognizing Kosovo.

BELGRADE - Nigeria has never recognised Kosovo's independence, and it stands by the position that it does not recognise Kosovo's independence, Nigerian Charge d' Affaires in Belgrade Chijioke Mchardy Ani told Tanjug Friday.

Nigeria has not changed its position on the matter, which means that it does not recognise Kosovo's independence, he explained.

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.