Jamaica denies Thaci's claim: We did not recognize so-called Kosovo

Jamaica's Foreign Minister Kamina Johnson Smith denied on her Twitter account the claim made by Hashim Thaci that her country had recognized independence of so-called Kosovo.

Johnson Smith retweeted Thaci's post on Twitter, commenting that "Jamaica has not recognized Kosovo as an independent state."

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Belgrade and Pristina do not agree on the number of countries that have recognized, or those that have withdrawn their recognition of Kosovo.

While the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs claims that the number is below 97, in Pristina they claim that the number of states that said "yes" to an independent Kosovo is higher. Unlike them, Belgrade has official diplomatic notes proving that the list of those countries that have changed their mind after recognizing so-called tKosovo is growing.

"When we embarked on this story, 113 countries had recognized independence of Kosovo. Now that number has dropped to 93. Therefore, out of the 193 UN member-states, today, 95 do not recognize Kosovo as independent, 93 do and 5 have a fluid stance. In order for Kosovo to do something in the United Nations on its own, they must have 97 (votes) - and they no longer have that number," Serbian Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic recently told TV Prva.

To date, Jamaica has not recognized Kosovo as an independent state. https://t.co/HLNtJaOWLh— Hon. Kamina J Smith (@kaminajsmith) February 21, 2020

President of the provisional Kosovo institutions Hashim Thaci announced on Twitter that Jamaica had recognized so-called Kosovo.

"Great news! I just got notified from our Ambassador Vlora Citaku that Jamaica has recognized Republic of Kosovo as sovereign and independent. I know this is a result of hard work & lobbying of several years, including (US congressman) Eliot Engel. Good work. Thank you dear friends from Kingston!," Thaci wrote.

He had no evidence to back up that claim in the shape of an official note - which, when a state recognizes or withdraws recognition of so-called Kosovo, has to be submitted by its Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Other representatives of the provisional Pristina institutions also made public comments, "thanking Jamaica's officials."

(Telegraf.rs)