International recognition of Kosovo

This was announced Deputy Prime Minister Enver Hoxhaj.

Citing the website Lajmi, the agency reported that Hoxhaj said that if the request were submitted now, Kosovo could join the CoE "within two years."

He added that during that period, this institution "will mainly be chaired by countries that recognized Kosovo's independence."

Kosovo's First Deputy Speaker and Foreign Minister, Behgjet Isa Pacolli, said he expects to have a final peace treaty with Serbia by the end of 2018.

In a broadcast of Kosovo state television, he announced that next month the dialogue between Pristina and Belgrade will be conducted with greater intensity.

A "Twitter war" took place this week between the Russian embassy in Canada and the US House Foreign Affairs Committee Democrats.

And the reason was Kosovo, RTS is reporting, citing media in Pristina.

It only has to "act like that," he said.

Pacolli argued that "the reality is that Serbia can influence the region", that Kosovo has "a long border with Serbia" and that in Pristina they want to have "good relations with Serbia."

BELGRADE - China supports the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Serbia and it will not support membership of the self-declared Kosovo declared Kosovo in international organisations, Chinese Ambassador to Serbia Li Manchang said Friday at a meeting with Marko Djuric, head of the Serbian Office for Kosovo-Metohija.

Kosovo's Deputy PM Enver Hoxhaj has accused Serbia of launching an "aggressive campaign" to obstruct the recognition of Kosovo's independence, as part of a "new foreign policy of fake news and hybrid warfare [aiming] to undermine peace and stability in the region.

BELGRADE - Kosovo FM Bedzet Pacoli is a little nervous because things are not going according to plan for Kosovo, says Serbian FM Ivica Dacic.

Dacic reiterated that if Serbia seriously approaches this problem, that number could fall below 100.

Dacic also said, in an interview with the daily Vecernje Novosti published on Monday, that Serbia will check all information concerning the claim that Madagascar had recognized Kosovo.

BELGRADE - Guinea-Bissau on Tuesday revoked its 2011 decision to recognise Kosovo, says Serbian FM Ivica Dacic.

"The PM of Guinea-Bissau informed me of this today," Dacic told Tanjug.

Guinea-Bissau sends note revoking recognition of Kosovo

The reason, Dacic said, was that not everything was going according to plan for Pristina.