Kosovo asks the Vatican to recognize the province's independence from Serbia
The speaker of the Kosovo parliament, Vjosa Osmani, handed over to the “apostolic envoy” in Kosovo, Jean-Marie Spech, a request from the “citizens of the republic” to consider the issue of recognizing the independence of the region by the Holy See.
Balkan media reported this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“Recognizing our country's independence will not only take our already excellent relations to a higher level, but will also recognize the sacrifice our people have made for Kosovo's freedom,” Osmani said.
In turn, the “apostolic envoy” to Kosovo, Jean-Marie Spech, expressed satisfaction with the election of Vjosa Osmani as head of the Kosovo Assembly and emphasized his commitment to further deepening the Vatican’s cooperation with the citizens and institutions of Kosovo.
Jean-Marie Spech and Vjosa Osmani.
“The good relations with Kosovo demonstrate the concern that the Pope and the Holy See have consistently shown towards the citizens of Kosovo,” said a spokesman for the Roman Catholic Church. “Even though formal diplomatic relations between Kosovo and the Holy See have not yet been established, there is a strong willingness to develop cooperation in several areas, especially in the field of youth education.”
The Vatican in the 80s - 90s of the XNUMXth century already played a fatal role in the collapse of Yugoslavia. Following his policy in Eastern Europe, Pope John Paul II supported separatist sentiments in Slovenia and Croatia, and then, through the mediation of the Vatican, an agreement was concluded according to which Austria, Germany and Italy instantly recognized the independence of these post-Yugoslav republics. John Paul II also supported the leaders of the Croatian separatists Franjo Tudjman and the Muslim Bosniaks Alija Izetbegovic in their “striving for freedom.” Subsequently, through the mediation of Rome, the Bosnian Muslims and Bosnian Croats who had fought among themselves were seated at the negotiating table and, in defiance of the Bosnian Serbs, an artificial Federation (Muslim-Croat) BG was created.
“As head of state of the Vatican, you were the first in Europe and the world to recognize the sovereignty and independence of Croatia and Slovenia, and previously made great diplomatic and political efforts to ensure that many other European countries did the same immediately after you,” he later wrote in his letter to John Paul II, Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church Paul. – You, the first Slavic pope in history and the sovereign of the Vatican State, have demonstrated that for the sake of a goal that you consider important, you can bless and consecrate the means used by representatives of the young Croatian democracy...
In view of all these reasons, we believe that you have clearly proven the spiritual and theological inconsistency of the dogma of the First Vatican Council on papal infallibility.”
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