Bhutan–Kosovo relations

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Bhutan and Kosovo [a] do not have formal diplomatic relations as Bhutan does not recognize Kosovo as a sovereign state.

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At a meeting on 28 May 2009 with Kosovo's Foreign Minister, Skënder Hyseni, the representative of Bhutan to the United Nations, Lhatu Wangchuk, reportedly said that he had conveyed Kosovo's request for recognition to his government on 3 February, and he was awaiting the decision of his government. [1]

On 19 September 2012, Wangchuk said that his country was deliberating on the issue of Kosovo. [2]

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a.   ^ The political status of Kosovo is disputed. Having unilaterally declared independence from Serbia in 2008, Kosovo is formally recognised as an independent state by 101 out of 193 (52.3%) UN member states (with another 13 recognising it at some point but then withdrawing their recognition), while Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own territory.

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References

  1. The Government of Bhutan is expected to take a decision on recognition, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kosovo, 28 May 2009
  2. Zëvendëskryeministri Behgjet Pacolli ka takuar në Nju Jork, përfaqësuesin e përhershëm të mbretërisë së Bhutanit në OKB, z.Lhatu Wangchuk Archived 3 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine , First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Kosovo, 19 September 2012