In a post on social media, Rama said that ” Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe took the landmark step of accepting Kosovo as a member of the CoE community of states.”

“Congratulations, congratulations, congratulations from the bottom of my heart to Kosovo and thanks to all friends and partners in the Parliamentary Assembly, who supported us in taking this right step, which gave Kosovo what it deserved and did honor to the Council of Europe itself,” he emphasized Rama.

Prime Minister Rama said that “now the last historic step in May, at the Committee of Ministers, where everyone must do the only right thing: the sealing of this membership, without which the European mosaic of the Council of Europe is missing an undeniable and irreplaceable stone.”

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe voted on Tuesday in favor of Kosovo’s membership in this organization. 171 deputies voted in favor, 29 voted against, and 11 abstained.
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TIRANA, Oct  11 /ATA/ The chairman of the SP parliamentary group, Taulant Balla, said on Tuesday that Kosovo’s membership in the Council of Europe is a step forward that will serve the consolidation of human rights, democracy and the rule of law in Kosovo.

Balla pointed out that on Tuesday, for the first time, the Kosovo delegation speaks alongside other delegations in a plenary session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.

“Kosovo has submitted this year a request for membership in the Council of Europe, after so many years of holding the status of the participant. The Parliamentary Assembly decided that from this session onwards, the delegation from the Assembly of Kosovo will have dedicated seats in the plenary session hall as well as the right to speak in every committee or plenary session,” he said.

According to Balla, “Kosovo will have the right to vote in the Assembly as soon as the membership process is finished, which will have its own challenges.”

Balla assured that the delegation of the Parliament of Albania in the Parliamentary Assembly supports and is by Kosovo’s side on its way to membership in the Council of Europe.

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