International Court of Justice (ICJ) announced that 35 United Nations Member Sates have filed written statements on the advisory opinion about the Declaration of Independence by the Government of Kosovo. The texts of the written statements and of the written contribution are confidential at this stage of the proceedings.<\/p>\n
Among the countries that have filed written statements, 21 have recognized\u00c2\u00a0 and 14 including Serbia have not recognized the Independence of Kosovo.<\/p>\n
Countries that have recognized Kosovo (21):<\/strong> Albania, Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany,\u00c2\u00a0 Ireland, Japan, Luxembourg, Latvia, Maldives, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America.<\/p>\n Countries that have not recognized Kosovo (14): <\/strong>Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bolivia, Brazil, China, Cyprus, Egypt, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Iran.<\/p>\n The decision about the advisory opinion is expected to be made sometime in the middle of next year.<\/p>\n