Kosovo Thanks You

Today on October 7, 2008, the Government of Portugal becomes the 48th UN and 22nd EU country that has officially recognized the Republic of Kosova as an independent state.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Portugal Announcement

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kosova has confirmed today that the Government of Samoa has formally recognized the Republic of Kosova.

In a verbal note signed by the Samoa prime minister Tuilaepa Lupesoliai Sailele Malielegaoi sent to  the president Sejdiu it is noted that  the Government of Samoa has decided to recognize the independence of Kosova… and that they hope that more countries will embrace the Independence of Kosova which will help on closing the conflict of 90s that damaged Western Balkans and that it will help on stability of the region.

Prime Minister Tuilaepa Lupesoliai Sailele Malielegaoi then added that “We wish you and the people of Kosova success on your efforts to build a state”

Samoa is the 47th United Nations country that has formally recognized the Republic of Kosova.

MOFA of Kosova Press Release

The KosovaThanksYou team has just received confirmation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Malta that the Maltese government has officially recognized the Republic of Kosova.

According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Malta the decision to officially recognize Republic of Kosova has not been taken yet. KosovaThanksYou team has contacted the MFA on the 5th of August. We are working on acquiring more accurate information regarding the recognition process.

After numerous communications with the The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) of Sierra Leone, the Missions of Sierra Leone in London, New York and Brussels, an official at MOFA has responded to KosovaThanksYou inquiries by saying they are observing the issue and cannot disclose more information at this point. An official at MOFA was unable to confirm to us the reports in the media and has claimed there was no official communication with Kosovar media. To date, there has been no explanation by the local media about this issue.

We have tried to contact the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other diplomatic missions of Sierra Leone around the World, but due to the weekend, we were not able to confirm this news. We hope to confirm this by Monday. In the meantime we have noticed that RTK has removed the news from the website without any explanation.

Kosova Public Television RTK announced today that Sierra Leone has recognized Kosova as an independent state. We are trying to get an official confirmation about the news.