Meeting with al-Maliki that Gervalla kept secret, Palestine demands Kosovo remove embassy from Jerusalem

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Gazeta Express

05/04/2022 14:27

Kosovo Foreign Minister, Donika Gervalla-Schwarz, attending the Diplomacy Forum of Antalya, Turkey, last month had also met her counterpart from Palestine, Riyad al-Maliki, but she had not announced the meeting at all, either at the any press release issued by the Ministry or on other platforms on social networks such as Twitter and Facebook.

However, according to the Turkish media, al-Maliki had stated that Palestine could consider establishing relations with Kosovo only if Kosovo removes its embassy in Israel from Jerusalem. Haberler.com reports that during the meeting with al-Maliki, Gervalla had expressed Kosovo’s desire to deepen relations with Palestine. “The presence of the Embassy in Jerusalem is against international law, the Security Council Resolution, and the position of the European Union. This violation will bring no benefit to Kosovo’s progress towards international recognition and membership in the international community,” al-Maliki was quoted as saying. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kosovo on 13 March this year had issued a press release announcing the meetings that Gervalla had held in Turkey during the Forum in Antalya, but the meeting with al-Maliki of Palestine was not mentioned at all. /GazetaExpress/