The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Donika Gërvalla, has submitted the application for membership in the Council of Europe.
In an address through a video, Gërvalla said that a new chapter for Kosovo begins today.
She expressed optimism that the initiative will end with the full membership of Kosovo in the Council of Europe.
"Today a new chapter opens for Kosovo in the Council of Europe. Today begins the procedure of examining our request, which goes through various instances of the Council of Europe, the Parliamentary Assembly and the Ministerial Council. Kosovo is the most democratic country in the region and the most optimistic in the region. Kosovo deserves to be a member of the Council of Europe and this procedure that we started today will end with the full membership of Kosovo in the Council of Europe and with the strengthening of the rights of the citizens of Kosovo and their access to European bodies", he said. she.
In a response to TIME, the Office of the Council of Europe in Pristina, has confirmed Kosovo's application for membership. He said that the request is being sent to the Committee of Ministers in line with the statute of the Council of Europe.
The Council of Europe, which has 46 member states. The support of two thirds of them is sufficient for acceptance. Hopes for accession have increased after Russia was expelled from the Council of Europe.