18 years today, Ahtisaari submitted the report on Kosovo’s independence

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Gazeta Express

26/03/2025 14:33

Today marks 18 years since the former Finnish president Martti Ahtisaari sent the final report to the UN Security Council, in which he said that Kosovo should become independent.

While the US supported the Ahtisaari plan and thought that Kosovo should become independent, the Serbs continued to oppose the plan.

Russia made statements that could be interpreted as against independence, but did not mention the use of the veto, reports KosovaPress.

Three days later, on March 29, 2007, the European Parliament adopted a resolution with 490 votes in favor, 80 against and 87 abstentions, expressing support for supervised independence for Kosovo.

The Declaration of Independence of Kosovo was made on February 17, 2008 at 15:39 p.m., in the Assembly of the Republic of Kosovo in Pristina. In an extraordinary meeting attended by 109 out of a total of 120 deputies, the Assembly of Kosovo unanimously declared Kosovo an independent, sovereign and democratic state.

The legality of the Kosovo Declaration of Independence has been a controversial topic for some time. Serbia, by opposing the Kosovo Declaration of Independence, sought an assessment of its international validity and support for its position that the Kosovo Declaration of Independence was illegal. In the wake of this development, in October 2008, Serbia requested an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice.

On July 22, 2010, the International Court of Justice, through an Advisory Decision, reconfirmed that Kosovo’s Declaration of Independence did not violate any article of International Law.