Kosovo

26^th July 2010

In a consultative opinion published on 22nd July the International Court of Justice said it believed that Kosovo's declaration of independence did not infringe international law. The Court which was addressed by the General Assembly of the UN on 8th October 2008 concluded that the declaration of 17th February 2008 did not infringe either general international law nor the Security Council's resolution 1244. However the international judges could only decide on the conformity of the declaration with international law; the Court insisted on saying that it was not responsible to say whether Kosovo had achieved the status of State and that this decision did not comprise a precedent. Serbia announced that it would not acknowledge independence. The EU welcomes this decision that opens "a new stage" and says it is ready to "facilitate a process of dialogue between Pristina and Belgrade" because the future of the two countries lay in the Union.

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