Head of Hungarian delegation to the CoE: Is it a good time to put Kosovo's membership on the agenda?

During today's meeting of the Bureau of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, the head of the Hungarian delegation, Zsolt Nemeth, asked whether it was a good time to put Kosovo's request for admission to this organization on the agenda of today's emergency session of the Committee of Ministers, Kosovo Online learns from diplomatic sources.

The Hungarian MP asked the question directly to the Deputy Secretary-General of the Council of Europe, Bjorn Berge, commenting that unity is necessary in the current geopolitical circumstances in Europe.

He also pointed out that launching the procedure for Kosovo's admission could cause some states to cancel their attendance at the CoE Summit in Reykjavik on May 16th and 17th.

Deputy Secretary-General Berge's response was that "the Kosovo issue will certainly not be part of the Summit, and their request has been pending for a long time."

According to our information, intensive discussions on the sidelines of the Kosovo application issue are taking place in Strasbourg, where the spring session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has begun, and representatives of Quint countries are particularly active.

The head of Serbia's mission to the CoE, Aleksandra Djurovic, stated that "Serbia will fight to the end to prevent Kosovo's request for admission to the CoE from being included on the agenda of the Committee of Ministers session."

An emergency session of the Committee of Ministers has been called for today, and representatives of Germany and Italy have been the most insistent on this. The session was scheduled for 2:30 p.m.

Kosovo submitted its request for admission to the Council of Europe in May last year, and so far, the application has not been processed.

The reason for this urgency regarding Kosovo's membership application is probably the timing, in order to discuss this issue at the CoE Parliamentary Assembly session and then at the CoE Summit in Reykjavik, where heads of state and governments of member countries gather in May.